- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Adze with wooden handle and turtle bone blade hafted across the top of the handle with twisted plant fibre. [FB 10/04/2014]
- Geographical reference
- Namoluk Mortlock Islands
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1928
- Date collected
- By 1928
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1928
- Materials and processes
- Material Turtle Bone Reptile, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Bound, Process Carved, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 125 mm, Width: max 175 mm, Length: max 340 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1928.60.3 Other numbers: 33030 22
1928.60.3
Adze with wooden handle and turtle bone blade hafted across the top of the handle with twisted plant fibre. [FB 10/04/2014]
1928.60.3
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