Axe with slight impressed decorative line markings on the blade and angled wooden handle
Item
Title
Axe with slight impressed decorative line markings on the blade and angled wooden handle
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Axe
Weapon
Description
Axe with angled wooden shaft and a wedge shaped blade [perhaps iron] which has been slightly decorated with impressed line markings. The blade is attached by the means of a long tang which has been bent into the wood to secure it in place. Used for ritual purposes as part of an initiation costume. [FHM27/07/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Wood; Plant
Impressed
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.695
A37/695
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust
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Title | Alternate label | Class |
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Pere Camille Laagel [Priest, Missionary] | Agent | |
Catalogue card for ETH.ANG 3.695 | Physical Object |