- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Axe with European-style blade hafted onto a bamboo handle with an eye. The part of the handle which goes through the eye is bound with iron. The blade is incised with leaf patterns. The top and bottom of the handle are bound with iron and have little iron bosses. [El.B 18/07/2007]
- Cultural groups
- Khond
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1900
- Date collected
- By 1900
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1902
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 770 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1902.64.4
1902.64.4
Axe with European-style blade hafted onto a bamboo handle with an eye. The part of the handle which goes through the eye is bound with iron. The blade is incised with leaf patterns. The top and bottom of the handle are bound with iron and have little iron bosses. [El.B 18/07/2007]
1902.64.4
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