War axe with elaborately hafted square-margined green stone blade. The cane binding across the centre of the axe handle is tightly woven in three different patterns. carved wooden counter poise to handle. [FB 13/03/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: War axe with elaborately hafted square-margined green stone blade. The cane binding across the centre of the axe handle is tightly woven in three different patterns. carved wooden counter poise to handle. [FB 13/03/2014]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Mount Hagen
Person: Field collector Walter Edward Guinness; Field collector HMS Rosaura; PRM source Walter Edward Guinness
Date / Period: Date made: Before 02/1936
Date collected: November 1935 - February 1936
Acquisition information: Donated: 1936
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Material Cane Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Bark Fibre Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Animal Skin, Process Carved, Process Ground, Process Polished, Process Bound, Process Woven
Dimensions: Depth: max 56 mm, Length: max 608 mm, Width: max 705 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1936.34.27

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Axe

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