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: E4885

: World Cultures

: adze

: Sharply angled head bound with split cane. There is carved decoration on the head and the base of the handle. There would originally have been a green stone blade.

: Papua New Guinea, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific

: D'Entrecasteaux Group, Massim area

: Papua New Guinea, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific

: Given by Colonel Breton, 1923.