Knife / adze with turtle shell blade and inserted into carved wooden handle secured with nails. [FB 08/05/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Knife / adze with turtle shell blade and inserted into carved wooden handle secured with nails. [FB 08/05/2014]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Manus Province Bismarck Archipelago Wuvulu Island
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1904
Date collected: By 1904
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Turtle Bone Reptile, Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Nailed
Dimensions: Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 250 mm, Length: max 290 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.1444 Other numbers: 2114

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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