axe
- Museum number
- Af1954,23.1259
- Description
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Register 1954
Composite axe: iron crescentic blade with two tangs which are drawn into the club shaped head of the wooden shaft.
- Dimensions
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Height: 59.30 centimetres
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Width: 3.90 centimetres
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Depth: 28.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1954
Composite axe: iron crescentic blade with two tangs which are drawn into the club shaped head of the wooden shaft.
(Northern Nigeria, pagan. Cf. 1927.11-9.1. Also WIDSTRAND. p. 43 Fig 58. HAUSA. BENUE.)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,23.1259
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 78527 (Wellcome Collection Number)
