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Object Number
12-61-70/10861.1.2743
Display Title
Axes
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Subano / 21-b 111 Axes- by removing the blade and turning it a quarter of the way round and re- / inserting it in the handle -an axe of this type may almost instantaneously be converted / into an adze for smoothing boards. / Subanos of the District of Zamboanga. / Gift of / W. C. Forbes, 1912"
Department
Photographic
Date
1898-1912
Culture
- Subano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Philippines
/
Mindanao
/
<County>
/
Zamboanga
Dimensions
Overall: 10.8 x 15.88 cm (4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor
William Cameron Forbes
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