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D08877 adze handle

The axe handle consists of a long, curved, light-coloured wooden stick that bends in an L-shape at the end. This part is significantly shorter and tapers to a point.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
adze handle
Dimensions
General: 16 × 3.6 × 52 cm
Material/Technique
Wood | carved; sanded
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D08877

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913 (?)
    where
    Papua New Guinea (?)
  • Change of physical control
    who
    Ludwig Cohn (1873 - 1935)

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Legal status metadata
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