Object name: Axe / Function: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 9-12018, described as axe, ceremonial; iron or brass shaft with axe head inserted on top and screwed in; incised designs on either side of axe head - bust of man wearing turban, bounded by flowers; possibly for ceremonial use

Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 5-17011, described as Dance axe with carved wooden handle and hand forged bladed. Blade is "T" shaped with an arc shaped blade edge. Handle is straight, tapered, & flared at base and finished with a large egg-shaped knob at top. Tang of blade come through the back of the top knob and is bent upward. A band of wire is 2 cm below the knob. 1962.

Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 5-16342, described as Shogo or Tsogo axe with carved wooden figure; figure has white inset eyes. blade is mounted through mid-chest of figure, and is decorated at wide end with stamped dot pattern and small serations along bottom edge. wood figure acts as axe handle. Purchased at auction from estate of John T. Coulthard