Ceremonial axe
Ceremonial axe

Currently not on view

Ceremonial axe,

before 1924

Songye artist
y1953-226

Information

Title
Ceremonial axe
Dates

before 1924

Maker
Songye artist
Medium
Wood, iron or steel, and copper
Dimensions
l. 38.5 cm., w. 23.0 cm., d. 4.5 cm. (15 3/16 x 9 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle in memory of her husband, Class of 1905
Object Number
y1953-226
Place Made

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Culture
African, Songye
Type
axes (weapons), regalia
Materials
iron, wood, steel, copper
Techniques
forging (metal forming), carving, incising
Subject
faces, dots

Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle, 1947. Collected by Joyce K. Doyle in the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Belgian Congo) in or near Tshikapa (Kasai region) or Kinshasa between 1919 and 1923.

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