Adze or axe

Museum number:
5-14300
Permalink:
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Description:
Small axe. Wood handle painted black at both ends, with pyroengraved dimples, iron blade. Length of handle 37 centimeters. Axe purchased for 20 Francs, equivalent to $0.60 USD [at date of collection, 1960].
Collection place:
Tshilemo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Zaire (?); Tshilemo; Luene (?)
Culture or time period:
Luvale
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes and Axes (stone tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Adze or axe, accession number 5-14300, described as Small axe. Wood handle painted black at both ends, with pyroengraved dimples, iron blade. Length of handle 37 centimeters. Axe purchased for 20 Francs, equivalent to $0.60 USD [at date of collection, 1960].
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze or axe, accession number 5-14300, described as Small axe. Wood handle painted black at both ends, with pyroengraved dimples, iron blade. Length of handle 37 centimeters. Axe purchased for 20 Francs, equivalent to $0.60 USD [at date of collection, 1960].

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