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Adze handle
Object Number 13-24-60/84978
Display Title Adze handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz handle, carved wood, cylindrical, flared at one end, rectangular hole
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sema?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Assam
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 46.5 x 6 x 3.4 cm (18 5/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 84978

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