Axe with wooden handle (ōvōn) ; 27 ½" long ; (69.82 cm) Made by men
Donor:
James W. Fernandez and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Gabon, Fang
Culture or time period:
Fang
Collector:
James W. Fernandez
Collection date:
1960
Materials:
Metal and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Axes (tools)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1961-1962 #55: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (March 20, 1962–March 20, 1962), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), S1971-1972 #4: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (July 12, 1971–July 26, 1971), and S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)