adze
- Museum number
- Oc1897,-.53
- Description
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Adze-head made of stone, greenstone.
- Curator's comments
- Christy collection registration slip, 1897:
New Guinea. Woodlark Island
Ground adze-head of greenish-brown stone flat on one side, and with square corners.
"Found by William Hepburn, a miner, under eighteen inches of soil and eighteen inches of wash, on the banks of a creek."
[Extract from Mr Whitten's letter dated 16th Jan 1897 Samarai, B. New Guinea.]
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1897
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1897,-.53
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1897C3.53 (old CDMS no.)