adze
Objectcode
EA/41/44
Description (brief)
Adze made for fine wood work, fe. hollowing out a wooden boat. The handle is made of wood, the head of blacks stone. The head which fits in a hollowing in the handle is kept in place with rattan binding.
Dating
1955-1957 (verwerving)
Dimensions (L x W)
44,0 x 6,0 cm
Thesaurus terms
Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus
» organic
» vegetal
» wood
Materials thesaurus
» inorganic
» stone
Materials thesaurus
» organic
» vegetal
» stem
» palm stem
» rattan
Cultural
Cultural origin
» Papua
» Central Highlands
» Central Highlands west
» Wissel Lakes Region
Geographic
Geographical term
» Papua
» Division Central New-Guinea
» Subdivision Paniai
» Paniai
Object category
OVM Category
» nijverheid, handel en dienstverlening
» materiaalbewerking
» hout-, bamboe-, noot-, zaad- en vruchtbewerking