adze
- Museum number
- Af1954,23.1433.a
- Description
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Register 1954
Iron adze blade, very narrow and bearing some geometric patterns.
- Dimensions
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Height: 9 centimetres (a)
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Height: 32 centimetres (b)
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Width: 10.50 centimetres (a)
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Width: 7.50 centimetres (b)
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Depth: 3 centimetres (a)
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Depth: 7.50 centimetres (b)
- Curator's comments
- Register 1954
Others [adze blade and haft] similar [to Af1954,23.1432a and b], but the blade is very narrow (width 1/2 inch) and also bears some geometric patterns.
British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1924, Nigeria.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,23.1433.a
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 37630 (Wellcome Collection Number)