adze
Objectcode
EA/8/1
Description (brief)
Adze (knee axe) with smooth wooden stem with a black stone blade. The stem is made of a piece of trunk with sidebranch. At the end of the stem a cut-away has been made for the blade. This is fastened with the help of a wedge and bound with split rattan.
Dimensions (L x W)
50,0 x 37,0 cm
Production technique
polished black stone axe head, rattan plaiting is used to attach head and handle.
Thesaurus terms
Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus
» inorganic
» stone
Materials thesaurus
» organic
» vegetal
» stem
» palm stem
» rattan
Materials thesaurus
» organic
» vegetal
» wood
Cultural
Cultural origin
» Papua
» Central Highlands
» Centrale Highlands
» Baliem Valley
» Dani
Geographic
Geographical term
» Papua
» Division Hollandia
» Explorationressort Eastern Highlands
» Baliem
Object category
OVM Category
» Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry
» bosbouw
OVM Category
» nijverheid, handel en dienstverlening
» materiaalbewerking