Wooden handle and metal blade

Museum number:
5-1594a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21051594a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Suku hafted axe--Mungembu; a) handle 14” length, b) blade 5 1/2” length.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Suku
Culture or time period:
Suku
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden handle and metal blade, accession number 5-1594a,b, described as Suku hafted axe--Mungembu; a) handle 14” length, b) blade 5 1/2” length.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden handle and metal blade, accession number 5-1594a,b, described as Suku hafted axe--Mungembu; a) handle 14” length, b) blade 5 1/2” length.

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