chimbuya axe?, unrecorded Chokwe artist

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unrecorded Chokwe artist, chimbuya axe?
unrecorded Chokwe artist, chimbuya axe?
unrecorded Chokwe artist
chimbuya axe?
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, artist
chimbuya axe?, late 1800s–1914
Where object was made: Angola
Material/technique: carving; wood; paint; iron; wire; brass; incising
Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 41.5 x 21.5 cm
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 8 7/16 x 16 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Claude D. Brown
Accession number: 2007.0355
Not on display
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Exhibition Label:
"Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection," Feb-2000
Chiefs wave ritual axes to symbolically illustrate the extent of their lands. Ritual axes commemorate the "weapon of authority" recalling past sacrifices. Utilitarian axes are rarely decorated and are much sturdier.

Exhibitions

Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection
2000