Axe-adze with carved wooden handle [.1], carved wooden insert [.2] to hold stone blade [.3]. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/4/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Axe-adze with carved wooden handle [.1], carved wooden insert [.2] to hold stone blade [.3]. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/4/2005]
Geographical reference: Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; West Papua Teluk Jos Sudarso (Humboldt Bay)
Person: Field collector John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear; Field collector HMS Challenger; Field collector HMS Alert; Field collector HMS Flying Fish; PRM source Julia Maclear
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1891
Date collected: 1873 - 1876 [Challenger] and 1879 - 1891 [other surveying work]
Acquisition information: Donated: 1909
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Material Plant Fibre, Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Ground
Dimensions: Length: max 410 mm, Length: max 570 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.30.42

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Axe, Adze

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