Axe haft and iron head

Description
Wooded haft with steel head. The blade is fastened with split rattan. The bottom end of the haft still has the bark attached.
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Media/Materials
Steel blade, wooden haft and natural fibre binding, possibly split rattan.
Production place
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Collection
N.M. Roe Collection/Iban & Indonesian Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1972/129/23

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