Adze

Museum number:

11-162

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Accession number:

Acc.25

Description:

Narrow shell adze, hafted.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Nukuoro Atoll, Senyavin Islands, Pohnpei State

Verbatim coll. place:

Nukuor; Carolines

Culture or time period:

Micronesian

Collector:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Materials:

Shell (animal material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Adzes

Function:

1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits

Accession date:

December 15, 1901

Department:

Oceania

Loans:

S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)

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