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1884.126.59

Stone axe

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1884.126.59

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone axe
Long description
Stone axe, small subquadrangular in shape, curved cutting edge, flat oval-sectioned, grey brown in colour. [MJD (Verve) 22/8/2016]
Geographical reference
Fiji
Oceania > Melanesia > Fiji
Unknown
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1874
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Ground
Dimensions
Thick: max 22 mm, Width: max 41 mm, Length: max 73 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.126.59 Other numbers: 1045 PR Cat other PR nos: 1661
Research and responses

Presumably 8/- was the price PR paid for the object [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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