Axe
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Snakeskin, Wood
Measurements
660 mm (Length)178 mm (W)
Place of origin
Africa
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303746
Summary
An African (Somali?) ceremonial axe with spearhead, the wooden shaft covered with snakeskin. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenant's Hall