Blade

Museum number:

11-39597

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Accession number:

Acc.2636

Description:

Adze blade, triangular cross-section, ground, highly polished, flat beveled surfaces, curved cutting edges, rounded base. Possibly prehistoric.

Donor:

Mrs. Dale Parks and Mrs. Stanley Curry

Collection place:

Polynesia

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Blades (stone tools)

Function:

1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits

Accession date:

May 1970

Department:

Oceania