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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
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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 Subjects:
Missionaries; Indigenous peoples Link to share this object record:
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