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Magnificent change

with transverse long narrow blade handle human head and foot Entry in the main historical catalogue: "Axe with transverse long narrow blade. Carved handle, at the upper end a head with the blade in its mouth"

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Baluba
Object type
Magnificent change
Dimensions
Height: 30 cm
Width: 27,5 cm
Depth: 5 cm
Weight: 225 g
Material/Technique
Wood, Iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 19952

Provenance and sources

when
19th century - 20th century (beginning)
where
Democratic Republic of the Congo [Land/Region]
who
Baluba
who
Frobenius, Leo - Collectors
Description
Purchase from Leo Frobenius (Haslinger's heirs) 1908

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