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Object Number
17-41-50/B1571
Display Title
Ceremonial axe
Descriptions
Object Description
Luba axe. Chief's small, ceremonial axe hafted with tapered and decoratively incised steel blade. The wood handle is elaborately carved and incised. The butt-end depicts a woman's head sculpted in-the-round. The handle is wrapped with strips of copper alloy sheet metal hammered to conform to shape and pinned with nails. A separate strip of the same metal covers the edge of the rounded top where the blade is attached. The wood has a soft brown patina and the metal covered handle is worn smooth from use.
Inventory Description
Ax, triangular incised blade, inserted into wood handle, carved human head at ba
Classification
- Axe
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Urna Numba Kudja
- Luba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Materials
Wood , Iron , Copper
Dimensions
Overall: 36 x 24 x 5 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-41-50/B1571
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George Howe, A. C. Coolidge, and Oric Bates, 1917
Provenance
Collector
Henri Pareyn
(1880's-1890's)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
(1917)
Donor
Mrs. George P. Howe
(July 1917)
Donor
Prof. A. C. Coolidge
(July 1917)
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(July 1917)
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