- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ground stone adze blade, made from greenish brown coloured stone. The cutting edge is curved. For the associated objects see 1901.65.1 .1, and .2. [CW [OPS Move] 30/1/2017]
- Long description
- Adze haft with dark wood handle and lighter wooden fore-haft. The fore-haft is bound into a groove in the handle. The binding is woven cane. The socketed end of the fore-haft is bound with plaited plant fibre twine. The stone adze head [.2] is detached from the haft. [FB 23/01/2014]
- Geographical reference
- Oro Province Ijivitari District Collingwood Bay
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1901
- Date collected
- By 1901
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1901
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 75 mm, Length: max 210 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1901.65.1.3
1901.65.1.3
Ground stone adze blade, made from greenish brown coloured stone. The cutting edge is curved. For the associated objects see 1901.65.1 .1, and .2. [CW [OPS Move] 30/1/2017]
1901.65.1.3
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