Axe
37-22-96
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-96 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Iron |
| Description | Gbire= axe; bau refers to the shape of the handle. This is the type of axe used to cut off the "heads" or cluster of palm nuts. See 37-22-103. It does not differ in any important respect from the woodworker's axe. See 27-22-91. |
| Length | 58 cm |
| Width | 5.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 49 - Collector Number |
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