Green Stone Axe
Unidentified Kerewa maker, Goaribari Island, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea
collected 1912
Green stone, wood, plant fiber
Overall: 28 3/8 × 14 3/16 × 3 1/8 in. (72 × 36 × 8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Dr. Bradley M. Patten
34.36.5993
Geography/Culture
Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea
Period
20th century
Object Name
Armament
Classification
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art and Society in the Papuan Gulf of New Guinea, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 1-September 17, 2006.
Provenance
Collected by Professor William Patten (1861-1932, Class of 1908H, Dartmouth Professor of Zoology, 1893-1931), March 17-23, 1912; to his son Dr. Bradley M. Patten (1889-1971), Ann Arbor, Michigan; given to present collection, 1971.
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