Adze Blade
67-5-97
From: Solomon Islands | Santa Ana, Solomon Islands | Gupuna
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 67-5-97 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Solomon Islands | Santa Ana, Solomon Islands | Gupuna |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Stone |
Description | Tanged blade (neki). Chalcedony. Ethnographic specimen of a tanged blade (neki). Made of Chalcedony. Collected in Gupuna Village: owner had kept it as a memento of the days before steel/iron tools were available. |
Length | 6.5 cm |
Width | 6.4 cm |
Thickness | 1.3 cm |
Credit Line | William Kohler Expedition; William H. Davenport, 1967 |
Other Number | A.9 - Other Number |
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