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2002.91.34

Battle-axe with crecent-shaped iron blade and wooden handle sheathed in copper. [JP 10/11/2003]

2002.91.34

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Collection type
Object
Description
Battle-axe with crecent-shaped iron blade and wooden handle sheathed in copper. [JP 10/11/2003]
Long description
The blade has a projecting 'nose' in the middle of the crescent. it is connected to the handle by three bars, the central one with two faces on each side, and the side bars of twisted iron. The handle is bulbous at the top and flared at the butt. [El.B 17/07/2007]
Person
Field collector E.R. Jones
Field collector Mrs E.R. Jones
Field collector Evan Rhys Jones
Field collector Elizabeth Jones
PRM source H.B. Jones
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1915
Date collected
1910 - 1915
Acquisition information
Donated: 2002
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Copper Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved
Dimensions
Width: max 230 mm, Length: max 410 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2002.91.34
Research and responses

Full name of Dr E.R. Jones possibly Evan Rhys Jones, see records at Regent's Park College Angus Library and Archive which suggest he worked in Africa between 1910 and 1920 with his wife Elizabeth. They were Baptist missionaries and medical staff [AP 21/7/2016]

Search terms: Weapon, Axe

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