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1966.1.259

Axe with almost circular cutting edge. Single piece of iron. [MJD 14/08/2014]


1966.1.259

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Collection type
Object
Description
Axe with almost circular cutting edge. Single piece of iron. [MJD 14/08/2014]
Long description
Axe with almost circular cutting edge. Single piece of iron. Straight shafts bent to form central bulge which has been flattened to form cutting edge. Both blade faces decorated with a small amount of geometric design. Wooden handle. Single strip of metal wound round butt. [MJD 14/08/2014]
Geographical reference
Northern Nigeria
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Ipswich Museum
PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1944
Date collected
By 1944
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Bent, Process Incised, Process Bound, Process Carved
Dimensions
Depth: max 45 mm, Width: max 285 mm, Length: max 560 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1966.1.259 Other numbers: R.1944.114
Research and responses

For full text of Accession Book introduction (from Collections XVA Ipswich Ethnography A) see entry for 1966.1.1. See also 1930.43.20 and 1930.43.21 [OD 23/4/2001].

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Axe