Hatchet

Museum number:
5-14301
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014301
Description:
Hatchet. "Chimbuya" (dance hatchet). "Chimonomono" (wood). Blade is a separately carved wood piece inserted into wood handle, dark staining at end of blade and both ends of handle. Length of handle 33 centimeters. Used to dance with, in a "play like a theatre," especially used by women. Purchased for 44 Francs, equivalent to $0.88 USD [at date of collection, 1960].
Collection place:
Dilolo Gare, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Zaire (?); Dilolo Gare; Lunda Makete tribe
Culture or time period:
Lunda
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hatchets
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hatchet, accession number 5-14301, described as Hatchet. "Chimbuya" (dance hatchet). "Chimonomono" (wood). Blade is a separately carved wood piece inserted into wood handle, dark staining at end of blade and both ends of handle. Length of handle 33 centimeters. Used to dance with, in a "play like a theatre," especially used by women. Purchased for 44 Francs, equivalent to $0.88 USD [at date of collection, 1960].
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hatchet, accession number 5-14301, described as Hatchet. "Chimbuya" (dance hatchet). "Chimonomono" (wood). Blade is a separately carved wood piece inserted into wood handle, dark staining at end of blade and both ends of handle. Length of handle 33 centimeters. Used to dance with, in a "play like a theatre," especially used by women. Purchased for 44 Francs, equivalent to $0.88 USD [at date of collection, 1960].

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