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Object Number 30-2-50/B4970
Display Title Hont = axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ax, long carved wood handle, cylindrical, horizontal iron blade inserted
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 65 x 18 x 3.4 cm (25 9/16 x 7 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-2-50/B4970

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