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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1800 - 1879; Classification(s): weapons, axe (weapon); Acquisition: given by Taylor, Robert, MA, 1879, Given by Robert Taylor, MA [O.119-1879]
Description: The iron blade is formed with four spikes, each pair a deep crescent with w low medial rib, and forged with a narrow but solid socket for the haft with a transverse medial flange at the back. The blade is decorated with some incised ornament at the junction of the blades. The haft is of wood, tapering above the blade to a blunt point where an iron top spike is fitted. A wavy line of iron nails runs down the haft, two retaining fragments of copper alloy, where a reinforcing strip was applied | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | axe (weapon) Unknown weapons | Temporal: | name=19th century; start=1800; end=1879 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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