Machete blade

Museum number:
3-15815
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1965
Description:
Iron machete blade; local type. When used the blade is hafted in a cleft-end handle and bound with a leather strip, .5in wide.
Donor:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection place:
Guatemala
Collector:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
January 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Machetes (knives)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Machete blade, accession number 3-15815, described as Iron machete blade; local type. When used the blade is hafted in a cleft-end handle and bound with a leather strip, .5in wide.

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