- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden axe painted green.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1881
- Date collected
- By September 1881
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 2016
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 65 mm, Width: max 365 mm, Length: max 1080 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.140.1783 PR Cat other PR nos: 355
Search terms: Religion, Tool, Dance, Axe, Religious Object, Dance Accessory
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