Axe

Museum number:
10-1271
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21100001271
Accession number:
Acc.1109
Description:
Head axe with ornamented handle; iron ferrule; handle decorated with brass strips; 21” L.
Donor:
David P. Barrows
Collection place:
Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon Island
Culture or time period:
Kalinga
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:
1953
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #28A: Political Science Department (UC Berkeley) (November 15, 1966–July 8, 1976) and S1980-1981 #17: Merritt College/Maurice Wolfe (October 6, 1980–January 26, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Axe, accession number 10-1271, described as Head axe with ornamented handle; iron ferrule; handle decorated with brass strips; 21” L.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Axe, accession number 10-1271, described as Head axe with ornamented handle; iron ferrule; handle decorated with brass strips; 21” L.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 10-1271, described as Head axe with ornamented handle; iron ferrule; handle decorated with brass strips; 21” L.

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