Axe

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
Axe with a long handle made of wood, head is a round thin length of wood with a pointed end and the pointed end is made of bone. The handle and weapon head is joined together with a web of interwoven plant fibre. The weapon head has a decorative carving with a red and white coloured dye pattern.

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Maker
Media/Materials
Wood, Bone and Natural Plant Fibre
Measurements
697 x 364 x 33 mm - HxWxD
Production place
New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Collection
New Guinea Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1974/82/1

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