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Ax whose handle is made of wood covered with studded strips of aluminium, brass and copper. The brass blade is perforated. A vegetable resin is embedded and reinforced by gluing certain strips.
This type of ax was used during certain ceremonies.
Patina of use, split.
Probably Dan-Guéré people, Ivory Coast or Liberia
Around 1940
Stock number on the handle
Height: 45.5cm
Sold with its base
Ref: 7Q9YIW57VC