Adze with Shell Blade
Unidentified maker (Kapingamarangi Island)
1950
Wood, cord, and shell
Overall: 17 5/16 × 9 13/16 × 2 3/8 in. (44 × 25 × 6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Ralph E. Miller, Class of 1924
52.4.12871
Geography
Place Made: Kapingamarangi Island, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Artifact
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Dr. Ralph English Miller (1899-1959) on Kapingamarangi Island, 1950; given to present collection, 1952.
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