ceremonial adze
- Museum number
- Af1949,46.449
- Description
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Ceremonial adze with iron blade and wooden shaft, the head of which is in the shape of human head.
- Dimensions
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Height: 40 centimetres
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Width: 32 centimetres
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Depth: 6.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register addition by W B Fagg, "Bashilele?".
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1987, London, Museum of Mankind (Room 5), 'Introduction to the Collections'
- Acquisition date
- 1949
- Acquisition notes
- The series Af1949,46.1 to 845 is the African part of the collection formed by the London dealer William Ockelford Oldman in the years ca.1894-1926, purchased from his widow in 1949. See his biography.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1949,46.449
