Tridacna shell blade of an axe-adze. For the wooden handle see 1920.100.39 .1 [RM [OPS Move] 20/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Tridacna shell blade of an axe-adze. For the wooden handle see 1920.100.39 .1 [RM [OPS Move] 20/1/2017]
Long description: Axe-adze with gouge-shaped blade of tridacna shell, set in a half-socket and bound round [.2]. With wooden handle [.1]. The stock which holds the blade [.1] is bound to the end of the handle and can be rotated so as to set the blade at any angle. [FB 20/03/2014]
Geographical reference: Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands; Santa Cruz Islands
Person: Field collector Robert Henry Codrington; Field collector Melanesian Mission; PRM source Robert Henry Codrington; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1885
Date collected: By 1885
Acquisition information: Donated: 1885, uncertain Transferred: 21/04/1888, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Tridacna Clam Shell, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Bound, Process Socketed, Process Plaited, Process Polished, Process Ground, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 55 mm, Width: max 52 mm, Length: max 341 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.100.39.2

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Adze, Axe

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