Axe

Item

Title

Axe

Creator

Unrecorded

Description

Physical Description: Axe with small crescent shaped metal blade, a bulbous head and a long straight wooden handle.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

Pre 1910

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Whole: 790 mm x 110 mm x 40 mm
wood, metal

Identifier

R2890/98

Source

Part of the collection of war artist Melton Prior (1845-1910), donated to Brighton Museum by his widow Georgiana Catherine Spenser (recorded as Mrs H J Spenser) in 1927. The objects that Melton Prior collected were largely weapons and trophies of warfare, a result of his position at the forefront of the colonial military campaigns. Prior was twice stationed in South Africa, from 1879–1881, and from 1896–1902 covering the second Boer War.
The axe is described as 'Bechuana or Basuto' in the accession register.
Melton Prior
South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Pre 1910

Space/Place

Southern Africa, Africa
Cultural Group: Tswana; Basuto

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

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