Wooden handle for dance axe with twilled binding joining shaft and foot. For the flattened stone blade see [1979.21.125 .2] [RM [OPS Move] 23/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden handle for dance axe with twilled binding joining shaft and foot. For the flattened stone blade see [1979.21.125 .2] [RM [OPS Move] 23/1/2017]
Long description: Dance axe with plano-convex section thin stone blade [.2]; flattened, smooth shaft [.1]; intricate twilled binding joining shaft and foot; and a foot split where the blade is hafted and carved at the heel with a series of V's. [FB 30/01/2014]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Southern Highlands District Was River Valley
Cultural groups: Wola
Person: Field collector Paul Sillitoe; PRM source Trustees of the British Museum; PRM source British Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1978
Date collected: 1976 - 1978
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1979
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Twill, Process Bound, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Split, Process Ground, Process Polished
Dimensions: Length: max 554 mm total, Width: max 412 mm total, Depth: max 53 mm total, Length: max 540 mm, Width: max 342 mm, Depth: max 53 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1979.21.125.1

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