Object name: New blade in progress / Collection place: Papua New Guinea / Year collected: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled New blade in progress, accession number 11-41402, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled New blade in progress, accession number 11-41384, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled New blade in progress, accession number 11-41430, described as Blade; unfinished; dark gray stone, lightly streaked; unpolished; L. 10.5 cm. Unfinished blade for wood working which has been roughly shaped by flaking. Side edges show use as a flaking hammer. Archaeological patination.

Hearst Museum object titled New blade in progress, accession number 11-41379, described as Blade; dark gray stone; polished on one side, partly polished on the other; length 14 cm. Adze blade used to shape the outer surface of a felled tree or log. Cutting edge chipped away from use. Made from metamorphosed basalt.

Hearst Museum object titled New blade in progress, accession number 11-41428, described as Blade; gray stone, lightly streaked; polished on one side, partly polished on the other; L. 7 cm. Wood working blade, possibly an adze. Cutting edge has been chipped away from use and needs to be re-sharpened.

Hearst Museum object titled New blade in progress, accession number 11-41377, described as Blade; dark gray stone; streaked; polished on one side, partly polished on the other; length 9 cm. Fragment of blade; upper end broken off; part of cutting edge chipped off. Could have been used as a planing blade for trimming and shaping felled tree into canoes, logs, or flat boards.

Hearst Museum object titled New blade in progress, accession number 11-41391, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled New blade in progress, accession number 11-41424, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled New blade in progress, accession number 11-41387, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled New blade in progress, accession number 11-41400, no description available.