Ax (Ceremonial)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Sep 1981
label: Collection Date
content: 1943
name: label: Collector
content: Col. William Capp
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. C R. Bullock
notes: label: Notes
content: SEMI-"T" SHAPED WOODEN HANDLE ONE END OF WHICH EXPANDS INTO A THIN, LEAF-SHAPED BLUNT "BLADE" & THE OTHER A SOCKET INTO WHICH IS INSERTED AN 18CM. LONG FINELY POLISHED BLACK SLATE BLADE (LATTER CHIPPED IN TWO PLACES). CENTRAL SOCKET PORTION WRAPPED IN TWINED PLAITED MATTING. THIS IS A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ITEM OF TRADITIONAL FORM, USED IN DANCE CEREMONIES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Melanesian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 348282
label: USNM Number
content: E422195-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Axe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 54 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 61.6 cm