Axe
- Museum number:
- 11-41380
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110041380
- Accession number:
- Acc.2006
- Description:
- Blade; dark gray stone, streaked; polished on both sides; length 12 cm. Cutting edge blunted from use. Probably used to fell small trees. Archaeological patination. 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:
- Axes (stone tools)
- Function:
- 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
- Accession date:
- 1965
- Department:
- Oceania
- Images:
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