axe
- Museum number
- As,+.2321
- Description
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Axe with long wooden handle; unusual divided metal blade with two points facing forward (one above the other) and two further points (one at the top and the other at the bottom) facing slightly backwards towards the handle. Head mounted on handle with slightly engraved socket.
- Production date
- 19thC(mid)-19thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Height: 95.60 centimetres
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Weight: 780 grammes
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Width: 24 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register comment: 'India. Axe with divided blade with four points; the socket slightly engraved; brass mounted handle with ferrule at base also of brass. From the Khonds. Presented by Sir John Lubbock Bart. MP. October 1884.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1884
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As,+.2321
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: As1884C2.2321 (old CDMS no.)