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Object Number
78-45-70/15291
Display Title
Adze blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adze blade, rectangular stone, rough surface, tapered and slightly flared at one end
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 2.4 × 11.9 × 5.2 cm (15/16 × 4 11/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
15291
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Samuel Kneeland
(1872)
Donor
Dr. Samuel Kneeland
(October 1878)
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