- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden handle and ground and polished tridacna shell blade of an axe. Cane binding. For the forehaft see [1924.51.68 .1] [RM [OPS Move] 19/1/2017]
- Long description
- Axe with tridacna shell blade, ground and polished socketed in wooden forehaft bound with cane [.1]. Hafted to wooden handle with cane attachment [.2]. The handle and the forehaft have become two separate parts. Some of the cane binding is broken off. [FB 10/04/2014]
- Geographical reference
- Manus Province Aua Island
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1921?, uncertain
- Date collected
- Probably 1921
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1924
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell, Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Process Carved, Process Ground, Process Bound, Process Polished, Process Socketed
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 48 mm, Width: max 91 mm, Length: max 397 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1924.51.68.2
1924.51.68.2
Wooden handle and ground and polished tridacna shell blade of an axe. Cane binding. For the forehaft see [1924.51.68 .1] [RM [OPS Move] 19/1/2017]
1924.51.68.2
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