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Object Number 39-39-50/3818
Display Title Axe, club-shaped wooden handle, with iron blade, loka
Descriptions
Indigenous Term loka
Inventory Description Axe, carved wooden handle and haft, flanged metal blade
Classification
  • Axe
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 60 x 20 x 4.2 cm (23 5/8 x 7 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3818

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