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Object Number 30-66-50/H1287.1
Display Title Axes, "shokas," modern
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ax, carved wooden handle, serrated iron blade with incised linear design.
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 51.3 x 33 x 2.6 cm (20 3/16 x 13 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object H1287

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