War Axe, Bone Blade

Wuvulu Island
Papua New Guinea

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Bone blade and painted wood handle

Overall: 51 9/16 × 6 11/16 in. (131 × 17 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Samuel B. Tassel, Class of 1947

46.29.10910

Geography

Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Samuel B. Tassel, 1946; given to present collection, 1946.

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