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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