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1892.67.123

Axe with expanding blade and open hafting plate with small curved flanges. [El.B 22/10/2007]

1892.67.123

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Collection type
Object
Description
Axe with expanding blade and open hafting plate with small curved flanges. [El.B 22/10/2007]
Geographical reference
Germany
Europe > Western Europe > Germany
Mittelfranken [Middle Franconia] Freistaat Bayern [Bavaria] Nürnberg [Nuremberg]
Date
Date collected
By 1873
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1892
Materials and processes
Material Bronze Metal
Dimensions
Length: max 125 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1892.67.123 Other numbers: 1126
Research and responses

Note that only a tiny fraction of JW Flower items are also marked as being related to the Pitt Rivers founding collection. Whilst it is possible that they did originally form part of the founding collection, were brought from London in 1884 and then placed with the geological (or other) collections at Oxford University Museum of Natural History before eventually being transferred to the Pitt Rivers Museum it seems odd that they were not all recorded as being related to the founding collection. Most are attributed to being donated by Flowers to OUMNH and being transferred from there [AP 23/07/2009]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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