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Ceremonial axe
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Ceremonial axe
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 76 x 24 x 7,5 cm
Gewicht: 1,5 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Stone , Plant fibre (coconut)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 52

Provenance and sources

when
18th century
where
Polynesia [Großregion]
Cook Islands [Land]
Mangaia [Insel]

who

Description
Accession unclear, attribution Johann Reinhold Forster uncertain, date of acquisition unknown

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