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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Ornamental Axe
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAfrican Art

Ornamental Axe

Place CreatedAngola, Africa
CultureChokwe
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Dimensions14 in. (35.6 cm)
Object number2003.065.004
Exhibition HistoryAfrican Metal Implements: Weapons, Tools, and Regalia: Collection of Frederick and Claire Mebel, Hillwood Art Gallery, Greenvale, New York, 1984
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, Rotation 3, September 26, 1998 - Spring 2003
Published ReferencesPeter Westerdijk, African Metal Implements: Weapons, Tools, and Regalia: Collection of Frederick & Claire Mebel (Greenvale, NY: Hillwood Art Gallery, 1984), 43, number 203.
MCCM Newsletter, March - May, 2004.
ProvenanceEx coll. Frederick (1913-1998) and Claire Mebel (1916-1994), New York, by 1984. Thence by descent to Steven and Elaine Schwartzreich, New York. Purchased by MCCM from the Schwartzreichs.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • African Art