Ceremonial Adze
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: BASALT ADZE HAFTED TO A LONG, INTRICATELY CARVED WOODEN HANDLE BY MEANS OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. PUBLICATION: ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 79, ART 30, PL. 15, P. 54. THIS OBJECT [was] ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE PACIFIC HALL, N.M.N.H., 1989 [exhibit dismantled in 2004]. OLD CATALOGUE CARD NOTES THAT THIS IS SIMILAR TO "TYPE 2C," (BUCK, COOK ISLANDS, FIG. 245)".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CARVED HANDLE. ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 79, ART. 30; P1. 15; P. 54. TYPE 2C (BUCK, COOK ISLANDS, FIG. 245)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Mar 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mangaia Island, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cook Islander
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3719-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Artwork
physicalDescription: label: Length - Overall
content: 88.5 cm
label: Length - Stone Head
content: 34.5 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 6.7 cm