adze
- Museum number
- Oc1927,0307.25
- Description
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Adze blade made of tridacna shell
- Dimensions
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Height: 27 centimetres
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Width: 10 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register reads:
[BANKS Islands (?)] SOLOMON ISLANDS
implying that the provenance was unknown
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1927
- Acquisition notes
- Register reads:
Given by Mrs. J. E. Birch, Darley Hall, Matlock. Collected by Alfred Clay, Esq. 1867-1877. Mrs Birch was Alfred Clay's niece.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1927,0307.25