Axe with dyed goat hair decorated wooden handle. [FB 22/05/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Axe with dyed goat hair decorated wooden handle. [FB 22/05/2014]
Long description: Axe with dyed goat hair decorated wooden handle. Metal blade. plaited plant fibre binding around the socket, some of which are dyed red. The goat hair is inserted into circular perforations, with many goat hair tassels missing. [FB 22/05/2014]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Assam Nagaland
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1966
Date collected: By 1966
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Pigment, Material Lacquer Varnish, Material Cane Plant, Process Decorated, Process Dyed, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Bound, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Depth: max 53 mm, Width: max 76 mm, Length: max 785 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.270

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Axe

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