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Object Number
17-41-50/B1865
Display Title
Axe or hatchet
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Axe, carved wood haft, metal blade, chisel-shape, vegetable fiber wrap
Classification
- Axe
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bakuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Materials
Wood, Metal, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 39.5 x 19.5 x 4.4 cm (15 9/16 x 7 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-41-50/B1865
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