Axe

Object Number:

AF2156B

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Fon
Bechuana

Provenience:

South Africa
Dahomey
Benin

Section:

African

Materials:

Iron
Wood

Technique:

Engraved

Iconography:

Bird

Description:

Battle axe. head engraved to represent a bird. Head of iron, handle wooden. Ceremmonial axe for the cult of Xevioso the Thunder God ( W. Fagg, Aug. 1958)

Other Number:

255

Other Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Seven Metals of Africa (12 Nov 1959 - 12 Jan 1960)

Bibliography:

[Book] Plass, Margaret. 1959. Seven Metals of Africa.

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