Summary
The adze is made with a section of nautilus shell, the edges ground down and thinned to make it sharp. It was used to cut out the centre of a log to make a canoe.
Physical Description
Canoe adze. Metal, cane, vegetable fibre twine, wood. Hafted.
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Adze
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Object Measurements
560 mm (Length), 200 mm (Width), 100 mm (Height)
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Acquisition Information
Long-term Loan from The University of Melbourne, 28 Mar 1973
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Acknowledgement
The Donald Thomson Collection. On loan to Museum Victoria from The University of Melbourne.