Axe

Museum number:
9-6659
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2064
Description:
Forged iron axe head; incised dot gond pattern; width 8 3/4 inches; used by Gondi speakers in Madhya Pradesh.
Donor:
Theodore D. McCown and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mandla, Narmada valley, Madhya Pradesh
Culture or time period:
Gondi people
Collector:
Theodore D. McCown
Collection date:
1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Axes (tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Axe, accession number 9-6659, described as Forged iron axe head; incised dot gond pattern; width 8 3/4 inches; used by Gondi speakers in Madhya Pradesh.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Axe, accession number 9-6659, described as Forged iron axe head; incised dot gond pattern; width 8 3/4 inches; used by Gondi speakers in Madhya Pradesh.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Axe, accession number 9-6659, described as Forged iron axe head; incised dot gond pattern; width 8 3/4 inches; used by Gondi speakers in Madhya Pradesh.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 9-6659, described as Forged iron axe head; incised dot gond pattern; width 8 3/4 inches; used by Gondi speakers in Madhya Pradesh.

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