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Object Number 17-41-50/B1836
Display Title Axe - two masks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Axe, copper handle, iron decorative crescent shaped blade with two masks
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basonge?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Metal
Dimensions Overall: 37.3 x 19.9 x 2.9 cm (14 11/16 x 7 13/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1836

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