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- Museum number:
- 5-16017
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016017
- Alternate number:
- [TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4692
- Description:
- Ceremonial axe; handle surmounted with human-like head with headdress; blade of different metal protudes from mouth.
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Congo; Ba-Luba attrib.
- Culture or time period:
- Ba Luba
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Materials:
- Bronze (metal)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
- Accession date:
- December 5, 1997
- Context of use:
- Symbol of community and authority for Ba-Luba chiefs. Cf African Arts by Wm. Bascom pp. 68 and 87 for similar piece.
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- 20.5 centimeters, 9.5 centimeters, and 36.5 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-