Ceremonial Adze
Unidentified Mangaia Island people
Stone, wood, plant fiber, and leather
Overall: 31 3/4 × 8 1/16 in. (80.6 × 20.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Bradley M. Patten
34.36.5995
Geography
Place Made: Mangareva, Gambier Islands, Polynesia, Oceania
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
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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