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Adze
Adze

Adze

Maker Pende
Object number81.17.895
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., p. 146, reproduced fig. K-2 (as ceremonial adze).
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions15 3/16 x 3 9/16 x 12 5/16 in. (38.5 x 9.1 x 31.3 cm)
MediumWood and metal
Pende
Object number: 81.17.896
Pende
Object number: 81.17.897
Salish, Lillooet, B.C.
late 19th century
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Miniature mask amulet (Minyaki)
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