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Object Number: E4842

Collection: World Cultures

Object Name: tool

: Tools and Equipment

: Ceremonial Object

Description: Ceremonial adze rounded off handle with carved criss-cross decoration and "cranellatted" base. head is triangular and bound with interwoven strands of fibre.

Named Collection: Breton Collection

Locality: Cook Islands, Oceania / Polynesia, Pacific

Precise Location: Mangaia/Manguae?

Place of production: Cook Islands, Oceania / Polynesia, Pacific

Precise location: Manguae/Mangaia

Association Name: Breton, Miss Adela Catherine

Associated Place: Cook Islands, Oceania / Polynesia, Pacific

Precise Location: Manguae/Mangaia?

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