Axe

Museum number:
5-7092
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007092
Alternate number:
8 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2430
Description:
Iron headed axe, slot hafted triangular shaped iron head, wooden handle with knobbed end for holding axe head. 61 cm length.
Donor:
Margaret Gallagher
Collection place:
Zimbabwe
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Rhodesia; unspec.
Collector:
David Gallagher
Collection date:
1929-30
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Axes (tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 5-7092, described as Iron headed axe, slot hafted triangular shaped iron head, wooden handle with knobbed end for holding axe head. 61 cm length.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 5-7092, described as Iron headed axe, slot hafted triangular shaped iron head, wooden handle with knobbed end for holding axe head. 61 cm length.

Tools