Ceremonial Axe

Culture: Highlands region artist
Culture: Wahgi Valley artist
Date: early to mid-20th century
Material: Wood, pandanus fiber, binding fiber, bush string, cassowary feathers, and green stone blade
associated with: Mount Hagen, Western Highlands province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
Classification: Arms & armor, stone & mineral
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 35 1/4 x 44 7/8 in. (89.5 x 114 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of General L. J. Sverdrup
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 91:1952

- 1952
General Leif J. Sverdrup (1898-1976), St. Louis, MO, USA

1952 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by General Leif J. Sverdrup [1]

Notes:
[1] A letter dated March 12, 1952 from Perry T. Rathbone, director of the Cirty Art Museum, to General L. J. Sverdrup acknowledges the gift of this object as part of a larger donation [Director's Office, Donor's Files, Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, March 6, 1952.

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