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
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
India
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ceremonial axes (ceremonial weapons) and Ceremonial axes (weapons)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1979-1980 #12: Associated Student Body (UC Berkeley) (September 25, 1979–January 22, 1980) and S1980-1981 #38: University of California, Berkeley (January 13, 1981–March 6, 1981)