Axe with Handle

Kwanga

Caption

Kwanga. Axe with Handle, late 19th–early 20th century. Iron, wood, 27 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (70.0 x 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 36.543a-b.

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Kwanga

Title

Axe with Handle

Date

late 19th–early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Barotseland, Zambia

Medium

Iron, wood

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

27 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (70.0 x 5.7 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Collection Fund

Accession Number

36.543a-b

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