Axe

Museum number:
5-7974
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007974
Alternate number:
44 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Axe; cylindrical wood, rounded head end with heavy steel blade inserted in head; length: 54 cm. felling trees, wood-working
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:
Axes (tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 5-7974, described as Axe; cylindrical wood, rounded head end with heavy steel blade inserted in head; length: 54 cm. felling trees, wood-working
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 5-7974, described as Axe; cylindrical wood, rounded head end with heavy steel blade inserted in head; length: 54 cm. felling trees, wood-working

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