Детали

IPSMG:1924.79.97

Ipswich Collections

Adze made of wood, stone and rattan. A wooden handle with a split cone shaped haft bound with rattan. Polished adze blade now separate. This type of mount enables the blade to be turned through 90 degrees to act either as an axe or an adze.

Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Gulf of Papua

19th Century, late, 20th Century, early

wood, rattan, stone

length: 48.00 cm