- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Large partly-ground adze-blade.
- Geographical reference
- Gambier Islands, Akamuru Island
- Date
- Date collected
- By 1925
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1925
- Dimensions
- Width: max 95 mm, Length: max 290 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1925.29.27 Other numbers: 190
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