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Object Number 99-12-50/53210
Display Title Battle axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ax, carved wooden handle, cylindrical, square head, slightly curved blade
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 74 x 21.2 x 5.9 cm (29 1/8 x 8 3/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53210
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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