Stone Axe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Dec 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1985
name: label: Collector
content: Craig R. Ellis
label: Donor Name
content: Craig R. Ellis
notes: label: Notes
content: BLACKENED POLISHED HARDWOOD AXE HANDLE WITH HOLE WHERE AXHEAD SHOULD BE INSET. STONE AXHEAD (L. 7 CM.;W.4 CM.) DETATCHED FROM HANDLE. RATTAN AND RESIN AROUND HOLE MEANT TO HOLD AXHEAD IN PLACE. TOP OF HANDLE SHOWS CUT MARKS FROM MANUFACTURE. ACCORDING TO POSPISIL (1963:17) THIS TYPE OF AXE USED FOR CUTTING DOWN TREES AND MAKING PLANKS AND CANOES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tembagapura, Irian Jaya (Western New Guinea/Papua), Indonesia, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Damal, Amungmei
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 374704
label: USNM Number
content: E427335-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Axe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 77 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.5 cm