Collection place: Central Africa / Culture or time period: Central African cultures / Function: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-2636, described as Adze; wooden handle; metal blade; punctate designs on handle; partly stained; used for carving of all sorts; 16.25 inches long, blade 4.5 inches long.

Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-4373, described as Adze; cracked metal blade; club shaped wooden handle with burned ends; 43 cm l.

Hearst Museum object titled Adze or axe, accession number 5-14300, described as Small axe. Wood handle painted black at both ends, with pyroengraved dimples, iron blade. Length of handle 37 centimeters. Axe purchased for 20 Francs, equivalent to $0.60 USD [at date of collection, 1960].

Hearst Museum object titled Awl and sickle, accession number 5-4217, described as Combination basketry awl and grass sickle (guadza); iron; curved knife with elongate pointed handle; 18 cm long.

Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 5-2637, described as Ceremonial walking axe; wooden handle; iron axe blade; punched designs on blade; 18.75 inches long, blade 6.5 inches long.

Hearst Museum object titled Bellows, accession number 5-4389, described as Bellows; wood with antelope hide and cord from Musomba tree.

Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 5-2606b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4363, described as Charm for millet (Koa dao = stone millet); chunk of crystaline quartz; represents the female (?); with 4 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4359, described as Charm for millet (Koa dao = "stone millet"); gritty clay molded over lizard egg; said to represent the male; L. 9 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4361, described as Charm for millet (Koa dao = stone millet); red stained quartz pebble; also used as mulet against diarrhea (water in which stone was immersed is drunk as medicine); L. 6 cm.