axe
- Museum number
- Oc1979,01.4
- Description
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Register 1979:
Work axe with wood haft and head bound with cane lashing and stone blade.
- Dimensions
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Length: 40.70 centimetres (head: blade)
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Length: 60.50 centimetres (of haft)
- Curator's comments
- Register 1979:
Another, similar [to Oc1979,01.3].
2-5 Work axes.
WOLA term = KWIY SHUWMAEL
All objects from PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOLA People, WAS Valley, SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PROVINCE.
Large collection from the WOLA people of the Southern Highlands, made by the vendor in 1976-78 in the WAS Valley.
Duplicate pieces sold to the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford (Pitt Rivers coll. 1979.21).
See Eth.Doc.1177.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1979,01.4