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Object Number 99-12-50/53209
Display Title Battle axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ax, long horn handle, blade inserted in one end, round top
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Iron, Horn
Dimensions Overall: 67.9 x 14 x 5.7 cm (26 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53209
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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