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Object Number 14-9-50/85399
Display Title Ceremonial axes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Axe, copper covered wooden handle, iron blade with twisted and mask decoration
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basonge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms Kasai-Sankuru Rivers
Dimensions Overall: 52.2 x 26.7 x 4.3 cm (20 9/16 x 10 1/2 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85399

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