This object has the following keywords:

• African - Refers to the cultures of the continent of Africa, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
• axes - Cutting weapons consisting basically of a relatively heavy, flat blade fixed to a handle, wielded by either striking or throwing. For axes used for other purposes, typically having narrower blades, use "axes (tools)."
• Central African - Styles and cultures from a wide region of Africa that straddles the Equator and is drained largely by the Congo River system.
• ceremonial axes - Axes, often stylized in form or elaborately ornamented, used in ceremonial contexts as symbols or manifestations of social position, power, wealth, or other qualities of status such as divinity or specialized knowledge in the realm of religion and ritual.
• Congolese - Nationality, styles, and cultures of the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• Hemba
• metal - Any of a large group of substances that typically show a characteristic luster, are good conductors of electricity and heat, are opaque, can be fused, and are usually malleable or ductile.
• wood - The principal tissue of trees and other plants that provides both strength and a means of conducting nutrients. Wood is one of the most versatile materials known.

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• African and Pacific Art from the Neufeld Collection Bryn Mawr College , 4/28/993 - 6/1/1993

• Owner Name: Mace Neufeld and Helen Katz Neufeld, Class of 1953
  Role: Donor
  Place: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US
  Dates: 7/18/1991
  
  

The following Related Bibliography exist for this object:

• "ÌMỌ̀ DÁRA." (Accessed May 10, 2020): Imodara.com. https://www.imodara.com/magazine/hemba-luba-art/.
• 戈思明 and 菲利斯. Fatal Beauty: Traditional Weapons from Central Africa (National Museum of History, January 2009), 57.

This object is a member of the following portfolios: