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Iron Axe

Artwork title: Iron Axe

Ceremonial axe with carved wood handle, light brown, and iron blade. Handle curves at very top to form knob facing away from blade. Dark, pyrographic design burned into surface of handle to form pattern of horizontal bands and diagonal lines. Blade widens and flattens as it extends from handle with straight, vertical edge. Center of blade etched with two, half-circle shapes side by side and framed by pattern of small dots.

Artist: Kuba peoples

History
— Objects
13 x 6 1/2 x 1 in.
African
Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. John S. Ragland (Cherry) in memory of her parents The Reverend and Mrs. William T. Mulcay, Sr. who lived in the Belgian Congo for 18 years.
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