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A stone adze head, Western Provence, Solomon Islands,…
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A stone adze head, Western Provence, Solomon Islands, Laboriously carved from stone and polished. This adze head would have originally been lashed to a wooden shaft handle. The butt of the adze has a carved face and arms of an anthropomorphic figure, the legs of the figure can be seen in raised relief on the side of the blade. The blade is curved, three incised notches feature on the underside of the curve. Length 20 cm, width 8 cm, depth 3.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Aotearoa. Previously of a private collection Honiara, Solomon Islands
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