Adze

Description

Adze with handle of light brown hardwood and blade of tridacna shell bound on to stock with rattan lashing: Melanesian, Admiralty Islands

Museum reference

A.1956.1168

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Adze

Production information

Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Materials

Wood, Tridacna shell, Rattan

Physical description

Handle of light brown hardwood; blade of tridacna shell; rattan lashing