Axe

Museum number:
10-2349
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21100002349
Accession number:
Acc.1955E
Description:
Headaxe with brass inlay in wooden handle; metal ferrule; small blade; 17⅝ inches
Donor:
Douglas R. Stanford
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:
February 23, 1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #38: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (November 9, 1965–November 9, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 10-2349, described as Headaxe with brass inlay in wooden handle; metal ferrule; small blade; 17⅝ inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 10-2349, described as Headaxe with brass inlay in wooden handle; metal ferrule; small blade; 17⅝ inches

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