- [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]1923.2.11
- [nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO]
- Axe with long narrow blade with fanned cutting edge, fixed into a wooden shaft with incised zig-zag decoration at the upper end. The register states it is a Moshie (Mossi, Burkina Faso) axe, although it was probably collected in Ghana. Collection of Capt Robert Powley Wild.
- [nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Burkina Faso
- [nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]1900 - 1923
- [nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]20th century
- [nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]
- [nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
- [nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- l: 44.9cm
- l, blade: 26.8cm
- diam: 2.2cm
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