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:
width 8 centimeters and height 48 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)