Hand ax

Museum number:
5-4130a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21054130a@2cb
Alternate number:
42 (original number) and RBL 42
Accession number:
Acc.2002
Description:
Convertible ax-adze; blade can be mounted in either position. A) Wooden handle with socket haft; 29 cm long. B) Iron blade; 13 cm long. Shows Bantu influence.
Donor:
Richard B. Lee and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Union of S. Africa; N.W. Bechuanaland; !Kangwa area; ! Kung Bushmen
Collector:
Richard B. Lee
Collection date:
March-April 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
old label - "blade & handle, axe, adze, convertible
Loans:
S1976-1977 #43: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (January 31, 1977–February 28, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hand ax, accession number 5-4130a,b, described as Convertible ax-adze; blade can be mounted in either position. A) Wooden handle with socket haft; 29 cm long. B) Iron blade; 13 cm long. Shows Bantu influence.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hand ax, accession number 5-4130a,b, described as Convertible ax-adze; blade can be mounted in either position. A) Wooden handle with socket haft; 29 cm long. B) Iron blade; 13 cm long. Shows Bantu influence.

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