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Adze with a Human Head and a Crocodile
late 19th–early 20th century
Wood and metal
15 3/4 × 8 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (40 × 21.7 × 6.2 cm)
Gift of Erika and Thomas Leland Hughes, B.A. 1945, LL.B. 1949
2007.89.1
Geography:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Culture:
Pende
Period:
19th–20th century
Classification:
Tools and Equipment
Provenance:
Arcade Gallery of London, San Francisco, CA, October 20, 1990
Gift of Erika and Thomas Leland Hughes to Yale University Art Gallery in 2007
Bibliography:
Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 189, pl. 174.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
