Green Stone Axe
Unknown people (Papua New Guinea)
not dated
Green stone, wood, and plant fiber
Overall: 27 3/16 × 12 3/16 × 3 1/16 in. (69 × 31 × 7.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
14.16.1727
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Source unknown; given to present collection, 1914.
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