- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Adze blade made from Tridacna shell. [FB 12/06/2014]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1873
- Date collected
- 17 November 1873
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1921
- Materials and processes
- Material Tridacna Clam Shell, Process Ground
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 18 mm, Width: max 55 mm, Length: max 72 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1921.93.377
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