- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden adze handle with woven cane binding at head end and plant fibre padding on the inside of the woven cane binding. [FB 16/01/2014]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1918
- Date collected
- By 1918
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1918
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Width: max 180 mm, Length: max 400 mm, Depth: max 65 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1918.50.3
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