Iron axe with wooden handle

Collection type: Object
Description: Iron axe with wooden handle
Long description: Axe: crescentic iron blade with cross-hatched flat tang inserted into expanded end of a wooden handle. [LM 17/07/2007]
Geographical reference: Lesotho
Africa > Southern Africa > Lesotho; Unknown
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1874
Date collected: ?By 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Incised, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 675 mm, Width: max 170 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.34.6 PR Cat other PR nos: 928

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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