axe-adze
- Museum number
- Oc1906,1013.68
- Description
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Rectangular, concave, unfinished Tridacna sp. shell blade with semicircular cut-out near butt, which is stained red-brown. Heavy-weight, cold to the touch with smooth finish, some pitting and mottled patina.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.40 centimetres
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Length: 16.50 centimetres
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Width: 5.80 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- 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
- Oc1906,1013.68