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Object Number
97-6-70/48382
Display Title
Ground stone axe blade
Descriptions
Object Description
Ground stone axe blade
Inventory Description
Adz, round body, tapered to worked blade, chipped, abraded
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
New Guinea, southeast, southern
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 23.8 x 12.7 x 3.6 cm (9 3/8 x 5 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
97-6-70/48382
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