adze
- Museum number
- Oc1855,1220.172
- Description
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Adze made of stone (basalt), cord (sinnet), wood, matting.
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 66.40 centimetres
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Width: 36.50 centimetres
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Depth: 4.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Description from Extracts from the British and Medieval Register 1757-1878, p.184:
172. Black stone adze in its wooden handle tied with matting. L. of adze 11 1/2 inches, L. of handle 2 feet 2 inches.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Acquisition notes
- Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty through Sir John Liddell, C.B. (the Museum of Haslar Hospital)
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1855,1220.172
