Hatchet

Museum number:

5-1914

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Accession number:

Acc.1383

Object count:

1

Description:

Hatchet (Mōn Ōvōn); length: 17 inches; width: 6½ inches.

Donor:

James W. Fernandez and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Gabon

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa; Gabon, Fang

Culture or time period:

Fang

Collector:

James W. Fernandez

Collection date:

1960

Materials:

Metal and Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Hatchets

Function:

1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)

Accession date:

1961

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Loans:

S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)

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