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1915.25.55

Adze with shell blade. The shell is bound to the wooden haft with cane. The handle has been carved larger at the butt end. [FB 30/01/2014]

1915.25.55

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Collection type
Object
Description
Adze with shell blade. The shell is bound to the wooden haft with cane. The handle has been carved larger at the butt end. [FB 30/01/2014]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Admiralty Islands Bismarck Archipelago
Person
Field collector Henry Nottidge Moseley
Field collector HMS Challenger
PRM source Amabel Nevill Sollas
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1876
Date collected
1872 - 1876
Acquisition information
Donated: 1915
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions
Width: max 269 mm, Length: max 472 mm, Depth: max 51 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1915.25.55

Search terms: Tool, Adze

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