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Wooden axe handle - hand carved from one of hardest of local woods (tsanyi)
Wooden axe handle - hand carved from one of hardest of local woods (tsanyi)
Object Number 37-105-50/3133
Display Title Wooden axe handle - hand carved from one of hardest of local woods (tsanyi)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Handle, carved and pigmented wood, tapered to one end with bump on edge
Classification
  • Handle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Batswa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Portuguese East Africa: Inhambane, vicinity of
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 54.2 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm (21 5/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-105-50/3133

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