Prestige axe head
Prestige axe head

Currently not on view

Prestige axe head,

ca. 1900

Songye artist
y1976-68

Information

Title
Prestige axe head
Dates

ca. 1900

Maker
Songye artist
Medium
Iron
Dimensions
h. 23.3 cm., w. 22.5 cm., d. 3.8 cm. (9 3/16 x 8 7/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Object Number
y1976-68
Place Made

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Culture
African, Songye
Type
axes (tools), axes (weapons), regalia
Materials
iron
Techniques
forging (metal forming)
Subject
symbolism, masks (costume), royalty, prestige

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