Adze blade

Museum number:
11-2845
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Accession number:
Acc.815
Description:
Greenstone adze blade:two pits on one face.
Donor:
Gertrude Josephine Hampel and John Stoer Hampel
Collection place:
Houaïlou village, Houaïlou commune, North Province
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Collector:
Gertrude Josephine Hampel and John Stoer Hampel
Materials:
Greenstone (rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1942
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Adze blade, accession number 11-2845, described as Greenstone adze blade:two pits on one face.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze blade, accession number 11-2845, described as Greenstone adze blade:two pits on one face.

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