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1938.36.1091

Ground stone axe.

1938.36.1091

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ground stone axe.
Long description
Tool or weapon. Stone axe, worn smooth. Cutting edge worn and pitted.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago New Britain South-west Coast Kandrian (Moewehafen)
Cultural groups
Arawe
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 08/1937
Date collected
June 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Ground, Process Polished
Dimensions
Width: max 96 mm, Thick: max 39 mm, Length: max 154 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.1091 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1033
Research and responses

Chris Gosden, Curator of Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum, looked at this object on 22nd May 1998. He ascertained that it is made of fine grain volcanic stone. [CK 22 05 1998]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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