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Object Number 37-105-50/3093

Display Title Tool with wooden handle & iron blade - used as hatchet for all sorts of wood wor

Descriptions

Object Description Tool with wooden handle & iron blade - used as hatchet for all sorts of wood working and forest clearing. Man often carries it as weapon, women use it to get firewood.

Inventory Description Axe, metal blade insert'd into carved wood handle, handle crack'd and abraid'd

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Ba Copi

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Portuguese East Africa: Inhambane; Copiland

Materials Wood, Metal

Dimensions Overall: 52.4 x 20.5 x 3.6 cm (20 5/8 x 8 1/16 x 1 7/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-105-50/3093

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