- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Axe with wide curved iron blade. Eye-hafted to a bamboo haft that is capped at both ends with iron. [El.B 18/07/2007]
- Long description
- The blade is decorated on both sides with incised and punched decoration that has been filled with red pigment. [El.B 18/07/2007]
- Cultural groups
- Chero
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1892
- Date collected
- Before 1892
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1892
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Pigment, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Painted, Process Punched
- Dimensions
- Length: max 720 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1892.41.154
1892.41.154
Axe with wide curved iron blade. Eye-hafted to a bamboo haft that is capped at both ends with iron. [El.B 18/07/2007]
1892.41.154
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