Axe
Unidentified maker (South Africa)
1893-1897
Wood and metal
Overall: 24 7/16 × 5 11/16 × 1 3/16 in. (62 × 14.5 × 3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Harold E. B. Speight
167.4.24000
Geography
Place Made: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by the donor's father, a U.S. Army Scout who served with British troops Mafeking, Bechuanaland in the "Matabele War"; given to his son, Harold Edwin Balme Speight (1887-1975), Norwich, Vermont; given to present collection, 1967.
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