Axe

Museum number:
10-1955
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21100001955
Accession number:
Acc.1125
Description:
Head axe, stamped metal end, wood shaft with spur below shaped grip, brass covering, metal fennule, slim blade, 21¾ inches long
Donor:
Mrs. J. M. Menzi
Collection place:
Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon Island
Verbatim coll. place:
Kalinga att.
Culture or time period:
Kalinga
Collector:
Mrs. J. M. Menzi
Collection date:
1910
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ceremonial axes (ceremonial weapons), Ceremonial axes (tools), and Ceremonial axes (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1954
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #38: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (November 9, 1965–November 9, 1965) and S1988-1989 #28: SFO Museum (March 15, 1989–October 5, 1989)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 10-1955, described as Head axe, stamped metal end, wood shaft with spur below shaped grip, brass covering, metal fennule, slim blade, 21¾ inches long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 10-1955, described as Head axe, stamped metal end, wood shaft with spur below shaped grip, brass covering, metal fennule, slim blade, 21¾ inches long

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