Axe
- Museum number:
- 5-16341
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016341
- Alternate number:
- B-1109 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- Ba Luba axe; long paddle-like object; carved wood; human head at top or shaft, paddle at opposite end; paddle and head are blackened
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Republic of the Congo
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Central Africa, Congo, Ba Luba
- Culture or time period:
- Ba Luba
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection date:
- 1964
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- height 48 centimeters and width 8 centimeters
- Comment:
- Notationon card: BLADE MISSING; handle only found, 8/1989.Illustrated: Bascom, African Arts, 1967, #173B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index card file. PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-4
- Loans:
- S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), and S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969)
- Images:
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