Axe handle

Museum number:
5-14323
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014323
Alternate number:
B-1265 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3780
Description:
axe handle (blade missing); figure of kneeling woman in center; old splits; encrusted and black-stained wood; h. 48.5 cm. [Axe handle, with kneeling woman in center. Purchased in Berkeley, 1970, $150. Blade missing. 19” (48.5 cm)]
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba attrib.; Purchased from Baba Kaba in Berkeley, CA
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Baba Kaba and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Axes (tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 48.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-14-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Axe handle, accession number 5-14323, described as axe handle (blade missing); figure of kneeling woman in center; old splits; encrusted and black-stained wood; h. 48.5 cm. [Axe handle, with kneeling woman in center. Purchased in Berkeley, 1970, $150. Blade missing. 19” (48.5 cm)]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe handle, accession number 5-14323, described as axe handle (blade missing); figure of kneeling woman in center; old splits; encrusted and black-stained wood; h. 48.5 cm. [Axe handle, with kneeling woman in center. Purchased in Berkeley, 1970, $150. Blade missing. 19” (48.5 cm)]

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