Axe

P431

From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P431
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kantu'
Provenience Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Metal | Peel
Description

Axe. Iron axe head with flaring blade, lashed to long wooden handle with strip of rattan peel. Narrow shaft of handle is wavy. Cardboard guard tied over end of blade.

Length 68.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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