Battle axe

Museum number:

3-22547

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21030022547

Alternate number:

7-1460 (previous museum number (recataloged from))

Accession number:

Acc.500CU

Description:

Cuban battle axe; iron. Length 12 3/4 inches (32.5 cm), width 18.5 cm.

Donor:

Bessie Goodfellow

Collection place:

Cuba

Verbatim coll. place:

Cuba

Collector:

George Emory Goodfellow

Collection date:

1887

Materials:

Iron (metal)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Axes (weapons)

Accession date:

March 6, 1935

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Comment:

Originally cataloged as 7-1460 (recataloged by Frank Norick 9/30/1960).

Loans:

S1971-1972 #44: Oakland Museum of California (November 4, 1971–November 10, 1971) and S1994-1995 #5: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/E. Brumfiel (December 15, 1994–June 21, 1995)

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