Axe

29-59-206

From: Angola

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-59-206
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ambundu
Provenience Angola
Section African
Materials Steel | Wood
Description

Wooden handle; steel blade narrowing to a point where it is fixed in the handle. "Hatchet used as a protection. A soul or spirit of a departed person is supposed to reside in the axe which gives it this protective power." See 29-59-202

Length 33.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927
Other Number Mercer 22560 - Old Museum Number | 32 - Field No SF

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