Axe
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Wood
Measurements
570 mm (Length)170 mm (W)
Place of origin
Zimbabwe
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303957
Summary
A Matabele battle axe with carved wooden shaft and steel blade socketed through the shaft. Collected in Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) in 1896. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Collected by Lord Egerton in Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) 1896.