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1941.2.53

Adze with clam shell blade socketed to carved wooden haft with plaited plant fibre around the socket of the haft. [FB 20/03/2014]

1941.2.53

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Collection type
Object
Description
Adze with clam shell blade socketed to carved wooden haft with plaited plant fibre around the socket of the haft. [FB 20/03/2014]
Geographical reference
Vanuatu
Oceania > Melanesia > Vanuatu
Aoba
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1927
Date collected
By 1927
Acquisition information
Donated: 02/1941
Materials and processes
Material Clam Shell, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Polished, Process Ground, Process Bound, Process Socketed, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Length x Width x Depth: max 560 x 220 x 90 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1941.2.53 Other numbers: 2024

Search terms: Tool, Adze

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