- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ground stone adze blade. [FB 20/02/2014]
- Geographical reference
- Massim D'Entrecasteaux Islands Goodenough Island
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1913
- Date collected
- By 1913
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1913
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 12 mm, Width: max 42 mm, Length: max 48 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1913.88.191
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