- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Axe with steel blade and haft. The blade and top of the haft are decorated with damascening/inlaid designs. [SM 23/07/2007]
- Long description
- Axe with steel blade and haft. The blade and top of the haft are decorated with damascening/inlaid designs. The blade is eye-hafted onto the haft. It has a convex back and has a cutting edge with two concave sections forming a point in the centre of the cutting edge. The haft has a finial spike. [SM 23/07/2007]
- Cultural groups
- Kui
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1916
- Date collected
- By 1916
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1916
- Materials and processes
- Material Steel Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Damascened, Process Inlaid, Process Decorated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 672 mm, Width: max 101 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1916.19.13
1916.19.13
Axe with steel blade and haft. The blade and top of the haft are decorated with damascening/inlaid designs. [SM 23/07/2007]
1916.19.13
Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.