Axe-shaped staff of office. Iron head sicketyed into brass handle. Carrying ring on end.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Dan tribe
Culture or time period:
Dan
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hammers (tools)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 20.5 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 33:16Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue is the Appraiser’s number; no Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-30-7
Loans:
S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964) and S1969-1970 #103: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (April 2, 1970–July 21, 1971)