axe
- Museum number
- Oc,+.5589
- Description
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Axe blade of stone with ground edge.
- Dimensions
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Length: 9.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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See Christy Correspondence (File 'V')
'Ethnographic Collection for Sir John Lubbock' [from the Government of Victoria]. There are two copies of the list which gives further information about the objects. One of these is annotated to show how the collection was divided between the BM [+5586-5677], J Edge Partington and the Natural History Museum.
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Christy collection registration slip description, written in 1891?:
Victoria
Axe blade of dark green stone, the cutting edge rounded and polished.
281 Axe of diabase Victoria
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,+.5589
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1891C2.5589 (old CDMS no.)