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.
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Culture or time period:
Massim
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blades (stone tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits