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Dance axe
Manding
20th century
Object Place: Mali Empire (c. 1230 to c. 1600), West Africa
Medium/Technique
wood and metal
Dimensions
Overall: 19 x 30 x 4.5 cm (7 1/2 x 11 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Geneviève McMillan in memory of Reba Stewart
Accession Number2009.2613
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Africa and Oceania
ClassificationsArms and armor
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)