Adze

Museum number:

5-4053

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Alternate number:

B-2979 (previous number (Bascom’s number))

Accession number:

Acc.1950

Object count:

1

Description:

woodcarver's adze; narrow blade; for cutting between legs; etc.; 37.5 cm. long.

Donor:

William Russell Bascom

Collection place:

Nigeria

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa; Southern Nigerians; Yoruba cluster; Yoruba

Culture or time period:

Yoruba

Maker or artist:

Oke Akanbi

Collector:

William Russell Bascom

Collection date:

1960

Materials:

Iron (metal)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Adzes

Function:

1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits

Accession date:

1964

Context of use:

made of locally smelted iron (koko irin) and marked with the carver's name "OKE". collected from the carver, Mr. Oke Akanbi, Ile Ibuke (compound), Oke Afin (ward), Oyo (city), Nigeria.

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

length 37.5 centimeters

Comment:

Murdoch: 31:31. collected from the carver, Mr. Oke Akanbi, Ile Ibuke (compound), Oke Afin (ward), Oyo (city), Nigeria. 5-4053-56 comprise a Yoruba woodcarver's set of tools. Slide cf. 2980, 2991,2992. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-5

Loans:

S1961-1962 #52: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (March 13, 1962–March 13, 1962), S1963-1964 #112: Heard Museum (June 25, 1964–unknown), S1964-1965 #89: California State University, Chico (April 21, 1965–August 6, 1965), and S1965-1966 #9: California State University, East Bay (August 10, 1965–October 10, 1965)

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