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20th June 2019, 12:15 AM
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Oceanian axe identification
Hi everybody,
Anyone can identify this axe ? Thanks |
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20th June 2019, 04:39 PM
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I am looking through my books on South Seas Pacific Island cultures and hope to help but my first thoughts are/were this may be African. Something about the wood and the chip showing the wood texture, does not look like the usual wood of the islands but still looking.
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21st June 2019, 09:56 AM
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I am sure I have an illustration of this form of axe harft. I think it is from one of the Vanuatu Islands.
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21st June 2019, 06:28 PM
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Thanks Tim,
I don’t think it is from Africa as it has a trader iron axe. African were making iron axes before the arrival of the European with was not the case with the melanesians. I think it’s more from this area. Francois |
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22nd June 2019, 02:49 AM
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Tim, i think you are on to something. These are all identified as Vanuatu Island axes. |
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22nd June 2019, 04:45 PM
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How about the Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain or New Ireland) ?
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23rd June 2019, 01:42 PM
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Quite possible.
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23rd June 2019, 08:37 PM
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I know the ones with the cage at the bottom but this one is quiet different .
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