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1938.36.1122

Stone adze.

1938.36.1122

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone adze.
Long description
Tool. Stone adze that has never been successfully ground or polished, although evidence of a bit of both.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago New Britain South Coast Gasmata
Cultural groups
Arawe
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 08/1937
Date collected
August 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Ground, Process Polished
Dimensions
Width 60 mm, Length 150 mm, Thick: max 29 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.1122 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1064
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. The stone is black in colour suggesting it is not prehistoric in age but less than 1000 years old. [CK 22 05 1998]

Search terms: Tool, Adze

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