Wooden adze handle with carved, painted head and metal blade

Museum number:
5-1596a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Suku hafted axe--Mungembu; a) handle 15 1/4” length, b) blade 16 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 and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden adze handle with carved, painted head and metal blade, accession number 5-1596a,b, described as Suku hafted axe--Mungembu; a) handle 15 1/4” length, b) blade 16 1/2” length
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden adze handle with carved, painted head and metal blade, accession number 5-1596a,b, described as Suku hafted axe--Mungembu; a) handle 15 1/4” length, b) blade 16 1/2” length

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