Wooden pattern for adze blade. [RM [OPS move] 16/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden pattern for adze blade. [RM [OPS move] 16/1/2017]
Long description: Wooden pattern for adze blade. Flat paddle-shaped end and pointed at the other. One of three patterns, smallest of the set. [RM [OPS move] 16/1/2017]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Andaman Islands
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Edward Horace Man
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884
Date collected: Prior to 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 21/08/2014
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 8 mm, Width: max 28 mm, Length: max 109 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2014.87.3
Research and responses: See Collectors Miscellaneous XI Accession Book entry - [1 of] 3 model tool blades in wood with long tangs made as models for implements to be made for them by Malays in the Straits Settlements Nicobar Ids. For other tool models collected by Edward Man. [MJD 21/08/2014]

Search