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Chisel handle
Chisel handle
Date:
19th–early 20th century
Location:
de Young
Gallery 30
Century:
19th Century AD
Media:
Wood
Dimensions:
25.4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (10 x 1.25 x 1.25 in.)
Department:
Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Object Type:
Tool Or Implement
Country:
New Guinea
Continent:
Oceania
Provenance:

"Collected by J. Viot in 1929. Robert Emile Bouchard Collection, Montreuil, France." (Catalog #561, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 183.)

Accession Number:
2010.77.97
Acquisition Date:
2010-06-10
Credit Line:

Gift of Marcia and John Friede (purchased in part with funds from the Evelyn A.J. Hall Charitable Trust)

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