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Axe841/24 a-b

Long tapered axe (part b) and handle (part a) with large wooden cross-section. Cross-section is wide and short at one end and then tapers to a flared out rounded edge at the other. The wider end of the piece is covered with woven plant fibre and is bound with strips of plant fibre at the shorter end. The axe is a black coloured blade that flares out to a rounded edge. The narrow end is covered in green coloured plastic.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, plant fibre, stone and plasticene plastic
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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