Dark greenish stone adze blade detached from handle. For the wooden handle see 1939.6.6 .1. [CW [OPS Move] 20/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Dark greenish stone adze blade detached from handle. For the wooden handle see 1939.6.6 .1. [CW [OPS Move] 20/1/2017]
Long description: Adze handle [.1] made from a dark wood. The bottom of the handle has two groups of three bands of incised triangular decoration. Dark greenish stone [.2] blade detached from handle with woven cane binding at one end and attached to the binding is plant fibre loop. [FB 16/01/2014]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Central Province Kairuku Hiri District Yule Island
Cultural groups: Mekeo
Person: Field collector C.B. Horsbrugh; PRM source C.B. Horsbrugh
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: 1908
Acquisition information: Donated: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Stone, Material Cane Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Bound, Process Woven, Process Ground, Process Polished
Dimensions: Depth: max 50 mm, Width: max 80 mm, Length: max 290 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1939.6.6.2

Search terms: Tool, Adze

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