axe
- Museum number
- Af1855,1220.123
- Description
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Axe, oblong iron blade, ornamented with incised planels of triangles, semicircles and cross-hatching, fixed into hard wood shaft with knob at end.
- Production date
- 1855 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 40.70 centimetres
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Width: 23 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Acquisition notes
- Af1855,1220.78 to 155 is the group of African material within the large collection of 293 objects which was "Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty through Sir John Liddell, CB (the Museum of Haslar Hospital)" to the BM in 1855. See the entry for Haslar Hospital. When the name of the donor to Haslar is known, it has been recorded on the database. The Hospital was opened in 1762; the museum, containing gifts from members of the Royal Navy, was added in 1827.
The slip records this as "Gaboon"; the Register does not have this information.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1855,1220.123
