Greenstone Ax Blade
D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Papua New Guinea
collected 1880
Green stone
Overall: 6 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 13/16 in. (15.5 × 8.2 × 2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Richard Jaquith Fowle, Class of 1934
172.1.25280
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Richard Jaquith Fowle (1912-1972, Class of 1934), Thetford, Vermont; given to present collection, 1972.
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