New blade in progress

Museum number:
11-41430
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110041430
Accession number:
Acc.2006
Description:
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.
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:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Oceania
Images:
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.

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