Axe
Mount Hagen
Western Highlands area
Papua New Guinea
Traditional
Wood, chert, rattan, opossum fur, and rat skull
Overall: 21 1/4 × 27 9/16 in. (54 × 70 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ross Woodbridge, Class of 1936
179.21.25914
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Possibly collected by Major Upson and Captain Andrew M. Sinclair; given to [[Thomas] Ross Woodbridge (1913-unknown), Class of 1936, during the time he was the Field Director of the American Red Cross in Papua New Guinea, 1944-1945; given to present collection, 1979.
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