adze;
blade
- Museum number
- Oc,+.2372
- Description
-
Adze blade of stone (basalt) with thick tang, polished, and cut in facets at the back.
- Dimensions
-
Length: 5 inches (from original registration)
- Curator's comments
- Christy collection registration slip description, writtem in 1885?:
Rarotonga
Adze blade of basalt, with thick tang, polished, and cut in facets at the back.
From Rarotonga, "for splitting chestnuts", W.W. Gill
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1885
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,+.2372
- Additional IDs
-
CDMS number: Oc1885C2.2371-2373 (old CDMS no.)
