- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ground stone axe head. For the wooden adze haft see 1884.140.1713 .1 [RM [OPS Move] 24/1/2017]
- Long description
- Wooden adze haft [.1] with ground stone axe head [.2]. The haft is made from wood with a rounded stone heel and semi-circular butt perforated with 12 holes. The handle and foot of the haft is bound most of it's length with cane. The stone axe head [.2] is detached from the haft. [FB 23/01/2014]
- Geographical reference
- Massim D’Entrecasteaux Islands Goodenough Island
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1884
- Date collected
- By 1884
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 23/01/2014
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone, Process Ground, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Perforated, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 16 mm, Width: max 110 mm, Length: max 227 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.140.1713.2
1884.140.1713.2
Ground stone axe head. For the wooden adze haft see 1884.140.1713 .1 [RM [OPS Move] 24/1/2017]
1884.140.1713.2
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