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Wooden axe (slender handle) with iron blade - koboa
Wooden axe (slender handle) with iron blade - koboa
Object Number 37-126-50/3265
Display Title Wooden axe (slender handle) with iron blade - koboa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term koboa
Inventory Description Ax, cylindrical, long handle, angled head, tied with fiber, slit for blade
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Pygmy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 55 x 17 x 4.2 cm (21 5/8 x 6 11/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-126-50/3265

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