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Adze

MOA: University of British Columbia

3274/17

Adze with a wedge-shaped blade of cut auger shell. The blade is lashed to the wooden hafting platform by twisted coconut fibre(?). The shaft is a branch with an acute-angled hafting platform.

  • Type of Item adze
  • Culture Yapese
  • Material wood, auger shell, coconut fibre
  • Measurements height 36.5 cm, width 14.3 cm, depth 3.0 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner William H. Alkire
  • Received from William H. Alkire
  • Made in Lamotrek
  • Collection Date during 1962
  • Ownership Date before August 16, 2017
  • Acquisition Date on August 16, 2017
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3274/0017

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