Hook-shaped miniature axe of iron - ceremonial – Objects

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Object Number 37-77-50/2908

Display Title Hook-shaped miniature axe of iron - ceremonial

Descriptions

Inventory Description Hook, iron, thin bar hooked one end, flattened tip, looped other end

Classification

Hook

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Mano

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia

Additional Geographic Terms Ganta, vicinity of

Materials Iron

Dimensions Overall: 33.1 x 6.5 x 1.3 cm (13 1/16 x 2 9/16 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-77-50/2908

Provenance

Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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