Axe

Museum number:
10-2756
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21100002756
Accession number:
Acc.2125
Description:
Head-axe; steel blade; long steel ferrule; dark brown wood shaft with protuberance and place for missing decorative tip; 21 1/4” L. Tip broken; handle trim missing.
Donor:
Alfred L. Blaker and Life Sciences Bldg. Photo Lab (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon Island
Culture or time period:
Kalinga
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ceremonial axes (ceremonial weapons), Ceremonial axes (tools), and Ceremonial axes (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 10-2756, described as Head-axe; steel blade; long steel ferrule; dark brown wood shaft with protuberance and place for missing decorative tip; 21 1/4” L. Tip broken; handle trim missing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 10-2756, described as Head-axe; steel blade; long steel ferrule; dark brown wood shaft with protuberance and place for missing decorative tip; 21 1/4” L. Tip broken; handle trim missing.

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