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Object Number
2011.19.39
Display Title
Axe
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden shaft with metal axe head, wood tapers to the handle, wide rounded top with indent in the wood, long tapered curved metal axe head, darkened discoloration on wood and metal, axe head protrudes from wood on either side
Inventory Description
Ax, carved wood cylindrical handle, indented top, triangular metal head inserted, tapered to straight edge
Classification
- Axe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1979 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
Materials
Metal Wood
Dimensions
Other: 71.2 x 28.3 x 6.2 cm (28 1/16 x 11 1/8 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.39
Credit Line
Gift of André J. Navez, Harvard '55
Provenance
Collector
André J. Navez
(-7/19/2011)
Donor
Donated by
André J. Navez
(-7/19/2011)
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