Adze Blade

67-5-97

From: Solomon Islands | Santa Ana, Solomon Islands | Gupuna

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 67-5-97
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Solomon Islands | Santa Ana, Solomon Islands | Gupuna
Section Oceanian
Materials Stone
Description

Tanged blade (neki). Chalcedony. Ethnographic specimen of a tanged blade (neki). Made of Chalcedony. Collected in Gupuna Village: owner had kept it as a memento of the days before steel/iron tools were available.

Length 6.5 cm
Width 6.4 cm
Thickness 1.3 cm
Credit Line William Kohler Expedition; William H. Davenport, 1967
Other Number A9 - Other Number

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