Axe

Museum number:
5-17097
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
41 (previous number (donor's original number), appraisal number)
Accession number:
Acc.4806
Description:
Axe, carved darkened wood handle incised with geometric design near head curved iron blade with one side engraved with geometric design.
Donor:
Robert D. Haas
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Haas served in the Peace Corps in the Ivory Coast from 1964 to 1966.
Production place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Collector:
Robert D. Haas
Collection date:
1964-1966
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
August 14, 2017
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
whole— width 4.25 inches, whole— length 32.5 inches, and whole— height 1.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Axe, accession number 5-17097, described as Axe, carved darkened wood handle incised with geometric design near head curved iron blade with one side engraved with geometric design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Axe, accession number 5-17097, described as Axe, carved darkened wood handle incised with geometric design near head curved iron blade with one side engraved with geometric design.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Axe, accession number 5-17097, described as Axe, carved darkened wood handle incised with geometric design near head curved iron blade with one side engraved with geometric design.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Axe, accession number 5-17097, described as Axe, carved darkened wood handle incised with geometric design near head curved iron blade with one side engraved with geometric design.

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