- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Adze handle, made of wood with rattan bindings around the blade socket. For the detached stone adze blade see 1966.1.254 .2. [CW [OPS Move] 25/1/2017]
- Geographical reference
- West Papua
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1966
- Date collected
- By 1966
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1966
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Rattan Fibre Plant, Process Bound, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 85 mm, Width: max 210 mm, Length: max 525 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1966.1.254.1
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