Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
1859
S-225
Oil on linen
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Ax head and handle
Object name
Ax head and handle
Date
ca. 1092
Medium
Steel, wood
Dimensions
Overall: 19 3/4 x 5 x 1 in. ( 50.2 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm )
Description
Axe with steel head and wooden handle; roughly trapezoidal head with small curved extension at upper corner opposite cutting edge; straight handle, oval in cross section, with steel collar below head.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. James G. Harbord
Object Number
1948.609ab
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this object was acquired by the donor's husband, Colonel James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947), while serving as Assistant Chief of Philippines Constabulary, U. S. Army, from 1903 to 1914.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
