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.
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