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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
  • Axe
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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