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date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1959
name: label: Collector
content: George W. Sims
label: Donor Name
content: George W. Sims
notes: label: Notes
content: SEMI "T" SHAPED WOODEN HANDLE, ONE END OF WHICH EXPANDS INTO A THIN LEAF-SHAPED BLUNT "BLADE," AND THE OTHER A SOCKET INTO WHICH IS INSERTED A 30CM. L. POLISHED BLACK SLATE BLADE (SLIGHTLY CHIPPED ON THE EDGE). CENTRALSECTION WRAPPED IN TWINED PLAITED MATTING. OBTAINED FROM AUSTRALIAN CONSTABLE WHO TOOK IT FROM A NATIVE FOR MURDER. 1959. TODAY THESE MAINLY USED CEREMONIALLY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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: Not Given
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 351570
label: USNM Number
content: E422370-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Axe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 63.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 81.5 cm