adze
- Museum number
- Oc.7931
- Description
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Adze-head made of stone (basalt), ground all over, flat elliptical section, the cutting end bevelled off on one face.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1873)
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.50 centimetres
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Width: 3 centimetres
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Registration slip description, written in 1873?:
From Leper's I., New Hebrides 1872.
Small adze head of basalt, ground all over, flat elliptical section. The cutting end bevelled off on one face.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1873
- Acquisition notes
- Rev. R.H. Codrington was affiliated with the Melanesian Mission.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.7931
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1873C1.7931 (old CDMS no.)