Tigo: Turtle and Wood Breadfruit Splitter Axe

A Wuvulu Island breadfruit splitter axe, ' Tigo' Manus Island.…
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A Wuvulu Island breadfruit splitter axe, ' Tigo' Manus Island. Province New Guinea. Height 27 cm. Turtle carapace and wood

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