axe-adze
- Museum number
- Oc1906,1013.1056
- Description
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Bifacial stone adze/axe, orange-brown with area of darker brown at top near butt. Triangular cross section tapering to angled butt. Hammer dressed with rough blade.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.10 centimetres
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Length: 19.40 centimetres
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Width: 9.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Tied-on circular metal rimmed handwritten British Museum label:
New Guinea / Papua [Massim] / [Murua]
The square brackets indicate stylistic identifications.
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Circular expedition sticker adhered to object handwritten in pencil reads: 'XXII'; square sticker adhered to opposing side stamped 'C'; further sticker below handwritten in faded black ink reads: 'B.' Comment by Heather Donoghue, Ph.D candidate, UEA, 2020.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Sellotape residue on one side.
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired during the Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1906,1013.1056
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous Number: B (Cooke Daniels Number)
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Miscellaneous Number: C (Cooke Daniels Number)
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Miscellaneous Number: XXII (Cooke Daniels Number)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1906,1013.1055-1056 (Previous group record)