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1895.43.15

Adze with wooden haft the socket of which is bound with plaited plant fibre. [FB 23/2/2017]

1895.43.15

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Collection type
Object
Description
Adze with wooden haft the socket of which is bound with plaited plant fibre. [FB 23/2/2017]
Long description
Adze with wooden haft the socket of which is bound with plaited plant fibre. The haft has been socketed with a green stone adze head, this is now detached from the haft. [FB 23/2/2017]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source S.G. Fenton and Company
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1895
Date collected
By 1895
Acquisition information
Purchased: 30/01/1895
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Plaited
Object numbers
Accession number: 1895.43.15

Search terms: Tool, Adze

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