Ceremonial Ax
Unidentified Eritrean maker
1964-1965
Metal
Overall: 26 × 1 3/16 × 7 1/2 in. (66 × 3 × 19 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Joel Whiting
165.33.15648
Geography
Place Made: Asmara, Eritrea, Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Joel Whiting, Asmara, Eritrea (formerly Ethiopia), early 1960's; given to present collection, 1965.
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