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Object Number 17-22-50/87251
Display Title Axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ax, long cylindrical handle, leather-wrapped wood, crescent shaped blade, incise
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 71 x 18 x 2.5 cm (27 15/16 x 7 1/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87251

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