Ceremonial Adze
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: P. Demester
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. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. OLD CATALOGUE CARD NOTES THAT THIS IS SIMILAR TO "TYPE 2C," (BUCK, COOK ISLANDS, FIG. 245). EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: TYPE 2C *BUCK, COOK ISLANDS, FIG. 245."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 747 as "Adze made of stone by Harvey Islanders, Presentd to the Epedn by P. Demester, Sydney, NSW." [i.e. New South Wales, Australia.]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
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: E3718-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Artwork
physicalDescription: label: Length - Overall
content: 86 cm
label: Length - Stone Head
content: 22 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.6 cm