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Maker(s):	Unknown
Culture:	Oceanic; Polynesian; Tahitian
Title:	Adze
Date Made:	19th century
Type:	Work Tool
Materials:	Wood, iron, and string
Place Made:	Oceania; Polynesia; Tahiti
Measurements:	overall: 6 3/4 x 16 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.; 17.145 x 41.91 x 3.175 cm
Narrative Inscription:	In black ink, on a paper tag glued to handle: "The Hatchet of a Native of Otahite."
Accession Number:	MH 2003.26.14
Credit Line:	Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Missionary Cabinet. "7"-shaped adze made of two pieces of wood and an iron blade bound together with braided string.

Tags:
indigenous people; missionaries

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