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Image	Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
	Chisel, made by Paddy Tjangala, 1972 Lew Parlette collection no. 2 Apply Lew Parlette collection no. 2 filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papunya, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Papunya, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Paddy Tjangala Apply Paddy Tjangala filter	1972 Apply 1972 filter
	Adze Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mulbrung Jack Apply Mulbrung Jack filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
	Adze Guiseppe Picone collection Apply Guiseppe Picone collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter		Mr Guiseppe '. Picone Apply Mr Guiseppe '. Picone filter
	Adze Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter
	Resin-hafted stone adze with wooden handle Daisy Bates and Herbert Browne collection Apply Daisy Bates and Herbert Browne collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Ooldea, South Australia, Australia Apply Ooldea, South Australia, Australia filter	Daisy M. Bates CBE Apply Daisy M. Bates CBE filter
	Adze Guiseppe Picone collection Apply Guiseppe Picone collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter		Mr Guiseppe '. Picone Apply Mr Guiseppe '. Picone filter
	Adze Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter
	Adze Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter
	Adze Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter
	Adze Gerhardt Laves collection Apply Gerhardt Laves collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter
	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter
	Adze Dr Robert Wishart collection Apply Dr Robert Wishart collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Dr Robert M. Wishart Apply Dr Robert M. Wishart filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
	Adze William Ewart Williams collection Apply William Ewart Williams collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	North-western Queensland, Queensland, Australia Apply North-western Queensland, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1956 Apply 1956 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Adze Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter
	Wooden adze Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collection Apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr A P. Lyons Apply Mr A P. Lyons filter	1916 Apply 1916 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr O J. Atkinson Apply Mr O J. Atkinson filter	1927 Apply 1927 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Adze Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
	Adze Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection Apply Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Western Australia, Australia Apply Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
	Adze haft Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
	Adze Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter		Miss Helen Bowie Apply Miss Helen Bowie filter
	Adze Dr Robert Wishart collection Apply Dr Robert Wishart collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter
	Adze haft Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr S D. Burrows Apply Mr S D. Burrows filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr O J. Atkinson Apply Mr O J. Atkinson filter	1927 Apply 1927 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr Clarence Henry Apply Mr Clarence Henry filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter
Image Unavailable	Adze haft Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr Leo Austen Apply Mr Leo Austen filter	1929 Apply 1929 filter
	Adze Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter		Miss Helen Bowie Apply Miss Helen Bowie filter
Image Unavailable	Adze Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter
Image Unavailable	Adze Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter
	Adze haft Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1927 Apply 1927 filter
	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1917 Apply 1917 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter
	Adze Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter
Image Unavailable	Adze used by Rolfe Bridle Rolfe and Mavis Bridle collection Apply Rolfe and Mavis Bridle collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Blowering Basin, New South Wales, Australia Apply Blowering Basin, New South Wales, Australia filter	Rolfe Bridle Apply Rolfe Bridle filter	1900 Apply 1900 filter
Image Unavailable	Adze Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr Leo Austen Apply Mr Leo Austen filter	1922 Apply 1922 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr O J. Atkinson Apply Mr O J. Atkinson filter	1927 Apply 1927 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr A P. Lyons Apply Mr A P. Lyons filter	1916 Apply 1916 filter
	Adze haft with socket Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr E W. Zimmer Apply Mr E W. Zimmer filter	1915 Apply 1915 filter
	Adze Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Mungeranie, South Australia, Australia Apply Mungeranie, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Image Unavailable	Adze Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Image Unavailable	Adze Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter
	Adze Keith Goddard collection Apply Keith Goddard collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Nicholson Homestead, Western Australia, Australia Apply Nicholson Homestead, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Image Unavailable	Stone adze blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter
Image Unavailable	Adze Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter