The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Axe with a wooden shaft and a brown-black corroded blade in a shape reminiscent of a funnel. A narrow, rectangular piece extends perpendicularly from the shaft before flaring out, the blade patterned with scattered "V" shapes and showing occasional silver glints. A coarse, canvas, yellow-brown cloth wraps around the shaft, just below the blade. Cracks mark the shaft, red brown striations occasionally showing through.

Axe

Before 1922

Philippines

Blade: metal; handle: wood and natural fibers
Blade: 20.4 x 21.6 cm (8 1/16 x 8 1/2 in.); Handle: 93.3 cm (36 3/4 in.)
Gift of J. H. Donahey 1922.28
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1922
    James Harrison “Hal” Donahey [1875–1949], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1922–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1922.28