adze
- Museum number
- Oc1855,1220.55
- Description
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Adze with wooden handle, head of stone (basalt) attached with sinnet cord.
- Production date
- 19thC(early) (before 1827)
- Dimensions
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Height: 45.50 centimetres
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Width: 26 centimetres
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Depth: 5.25 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Description from Extracts from the British and Medieval Register 1757-1878, p.175:
55. Stone adze in its original handle. W. 10 inches, length 1 foot 5 1/2 inches. Tahiti. Surgeon A. Collie R.N.
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Collie visited the Pacific on HMS Blossom 1825-1827 including Tahiti in 1826 and Hawaii in 1826 and 1827.
- 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
- Oc1855,1220.55
