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Dance axe

Artist Unidentified

20th century

Object PlaceWest Africa

Medium/Techniquewood and metal

DimensionsOverall: 19 x 30 x 4.5 cm (7 1/2 x 11 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Geneviève McMillan in memory of Reba Stewart

Accession number2009.2613

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ClassificationsArms and armor

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Provenance1962, purchased at a flea market, Paris, by Geneviève McMillan (b. 1922 - d. 2008), Cambridge, MA; 2008, to the Geneviève McMillan and Reba Stewart Foundation, Cambridge; 2009, gift of the Geneviève McMillan and Reba Stewart Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 17, 2009)