axe
- Museum number
- Oc.7698
- Description
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Axe of green stone, polished on both faces of the cutting edge. Bent handle of split wood, clasping the extreme upper end of the stone and fastened with a mixture of gum and beeswax with cord binding on the handle. Stone is oval in shape and more convex on one face than the other.
- Production date
- 1872 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 36 centimetres
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Width: 6.20 centimetres
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Depth: 15 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register slip:
Obtained from natives in the vicinity of Rockingham Bay.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.7698
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1872C1.7698 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1872C0224.7
