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Ax
Object Number 72-20-50/6756
Display Title Ax
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ax, carved wooden handle, pointed on one end, small rectangular iron blade,
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 53.5 x 16.7 x 6.2 cm (21 1/16 x 6 9/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72-20-50/6756
Provenance
Collector South African Museum
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1872)

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