Green Stone Axe

Unknown people (Papua New Guinea)

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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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