adze;
blade
- Museum number
- Oc,+.2058
- Description
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Adze blade made of jadeite, veined lengthwise, one face convex, the other nearly flat.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1884)
- Dimensions
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Length: 15.50 centimetres
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Width: 6.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Collector's information from stuck-on label: 'Adze of green stone from Mare (near New Caledonia). The stone fetched from latter island to be made into an adze. Price of a fat man for cannibal purposes. WW.G."
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1884
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,+.2058
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1884C2.2058 (old CDMS no.)
