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1900.55.283

Child's toy axe with glass blade set in black gum on wooden handle coloured red and with incised lines round handle; paper bark sheath.

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1900.55.283

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Collection type
Object
Description
Child's toy axe with glass blade set in black gum on wooden handle coloured red and with incised lines round handle; paper bark sheath.
Person
Field collector Harry Stockdale
PRM source Robert Francis Wilkins
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1900
Date collected
By 1900
Acquisition information
Donated: 1900
Materials and processes
Material Glass, Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Material Bark Fibre Plant, Material Resin Plant, Process Incised, Process Painted, Process Flaked, Process Recycled
Dimensions
Length: max 420 mm, Width: max 55 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.55.283 Other numbers: 283

Search terms: Toy and Game, Tool, Weapon, Children and Childcare, Axe, Toy

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