axe
human history
Hafted shell axe for making canoes. Blade made from clam shell, lashed to handle with coconut fibre. Clam shell adzes were the rule in Micronesia where stone blades could be made only on the few volcanic islands which occur in the Caroline and Marianas Groups.
Accession number: 661970 Last Update: 19 May 2026
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Te toki (Solomon Islands)
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1888
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11543 (ethnology)
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