Axe

Museum number:
10-581
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21100000581
Accession number:
Acc.408
Description:
Head axe; metal ferrule; 23 1/2” L. “Balbelasan” or Kalinga type wood handle
Donor:
Charles Ravenscroft Greenleaf
Collection place:
Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon Island
Culture or time period:
Luzon
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:
1911
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 10-581, described as Head axe; metal ferrule; 23 1/2” L. “Balbelasan” or Kalinga type wood handle
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 10-581, described as Head axe; metal ferrule; 23 1/2” L. “Balbelasan” or Kalinga type wood handle

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