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Object Number 34-91-50/789
Display Title Iron axe head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ax, narrow, triangular, flat at head
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamite
  • Maragoli
  • Tereki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Western Province / Kakamega / Kaimosi
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 5.2 x 1.6 cm (8 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/789

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