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Hatchet

Hatchet with iron blade and wooden handle. The blade is crescent-shaped with a long flat spike attached to the handle. The flat spike is has been chased. The handle is covered with leather and decorated at the end with animal hide and mane or tail hair.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Beil
Dimensions
Length: 750.0 mm
Material/Technique
Fur, Hair, Leather, Wood, Iron
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/0359

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1880 - 1898
  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    15.03.1899
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Africa (location/origin)
    Lake Nyassa (location/origin)
    who
    Karl Pfeiffer - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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