Accession No

D 1903.111


Description

Rounded green stone adze blade set in wooden socket. Secured in socket with plaited rope. Socket tapers into a point. The socket or haft is hand held, i.e. there is no long wooden haft handle attached to the socket.


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Massim


Period


Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) (deposit); MacGregor [collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

D 1903.111; MAA: AR 1898


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood; Greenstone; Plant; Fibre


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
The box is labelled Massim, the object is Labelled Colingwood Bay. The deposit register does not specify, therefore both have been given in the Place field.
Event Date 16/9/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden


Context (CMS Context)
The entry in the deposit register for this object reads: 'D. 1903.111-114 Four stone adze-heads. three in wooden sockets & one with rattan collar alone. New Guinea. (Remainder Macgregor Coll.) £ 1-10-0. A von Hügel (Presented 1906)'.
Event Date 16/9/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden


Context (CMS Context)
Object found in box 1.A.4 when in the process of amalgamating this box with 1.A.3. Several labels adhere to the object. A rectangular white paper label adheres to the blade and reads [in brown ink:] 'MacGregor/R 1898' and [in pencil:] 'D. AvH.'An olbong white paper label with rounded corners adheres to the reverse of the blade and reads [in black ink:] 'D. 1903.111/Adze-head/New Guinea/Dep. A. von Hugel'. A large brown rectangular paper label adheres to the shaft and reads [in pencil:] 'D. 1903./(Macg [illegible])/Colling wood/Bay/Deposited A. v Hugel/D.1903' [and side-ways] 'A.v.H.'
Event Date 16/9/2014
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Rounded green stone adze blade set in wooden socket. Secured in socket with plaited rope. Socket tapers into a point. The socket or haft is hand held, i.e. there is no long wooden haft handle attached to the socket.
Event Date 16/9/2014
Author: maa


FM:267885

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