Wooden handle to an adze tool and metal blade

Museum number:
5-1593a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Suku hafted axe--Kandu; a) handle 13 1/4” length b)blade 8 1/2“ length.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Suku
Culture or time period:
Suku
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #13: Cole Elementary School/Beverly D. Deffes (September 12, 1963–September 13, 1963) and S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden handle to an adze tool and metal blade, accession number 5-1593a,b, described as Suku hafted axe--Kandu; a) handle 13 1/4” length b)blade 8 1/2“ length.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden handle to an adze tool and metal blade, accession number 5-1593a,b, described as Suku hafted axe--Kandu; a) handle 13 1/4” length b)blade 8 1/2“ length.

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