Wooden adze handle and metal blade

Museum number:
5-1595a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21051595a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Suku hafted axe (Kipangu) ; a) handle 16” length; b) blade 7” length.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Suku
Culture or time period:
Suku
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #13: Cole Elementary School/Beverly D. Deffes (September 12, 1963–September 13, 1963) and S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden adze handle and metal blade, accession number 5-1595a,b, described as Suku hafted axe (Kipangu) ; a) handle 16” length; b) blade 7” length.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden adze handle and metal blade, accession number 5-1595a,b, described as Suku hafted axe (Kipangu) ; a) handle 16” length; b) blade 7” length.

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