Ginesosu blade

Museum number:
11-40490
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Accession number:
Acc.2006
Description:
Blade; gray stone, streaked; one side almost fully polished,the other side partly; long, narrow shape; length 12 cm. Wood working adze blade. Used for cutting out holes and grooves, as in the making of a canoe or a yam house or a house. Cutting edge ground on both ends. Archaeological patination. Native name: ginesosu (attributed). Made of metamorphosed basalt.
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Culture or time period:
Massim
Collector:
Bronislaw Malinowski and Bruce D. Lawes
Collection date:
1914-1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ginesosu blades
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Ginesosu blade, accession number 11-40490, described as Blade; gray stone, streaked; one side almost fully polished,the other side partly; long, narrow shape; length 12 cm. Wood working adze blade. Used for cutting out holes and grooves, as in the making of a canoe or a yam house or a house. Cutting edge ground on both ends. Archaeological patination. Native name: ginesosu (attributed). Made of metamorphosed basalt.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Ginesosu blade, accession number 11-40490, described as Blade; gray stone, streaked; one side almost fully polished,the other side partly; long, narrow shape; length 12 cm. Wood working adze blade. Used for cutting out holes and grooves, as in the making of a canoe or a yam house or a house. Cutting edge ground on both ends. Archaeological patination. Native name: ginesosu (attributed). Made of metamorphosed basalt.

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