Machete

Museum number:
5-7976
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
46 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Machete; cylindrical wood handle with single edged steel blade, round and hooking downward at point; length: 52 cm. Woodcutting, brush clearing etc.
Donor:
Jay Nolan and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bokeza village, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Liberia; Bokeza village (Murdock 33:25) (near Zorzor) Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collection date:
1964-65
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Machetes (knives)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Machete, accession number 5-7976, described as Machete; cylindrical wood handle with single edged steel blade, round and hooking downward at point; length: 52 cm. Woodcutting, brush clearing etc.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Machete, accession number 5-7976, described as Machete; cylindrical wood handle with single edged steel blade, round and hooking downward at point; length: 52 cm. Woodcutting, brush clearing etc.

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