Maker: Unknown
The head is of steel, originally with a crescent-shaped blade and a solid block pierced for the haft, faceted and decorated with incised lines around the rear. The haft is modern, made of a plain piece of bamboo, fitted with a wooden knob at the butt, and with an iron ferrule at the top. The surface of the head is polished bright pitted and stained from earlier corrosion. The upper point of the blade is completely worn away
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Blade Height: 8.5 cm
Blade Length: 9.3 cm
Overall Length: 84 cm
Weight: 49.8 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
1879
Taylor records the name (tubul), and that the original haft was one third shorter, and that the horn of the blade was worn away by being used as a walking stick. The same term is used for another axe, the haft bored as a pistol and fitted with a matchlock and touchhole, formerly in the Rotunda collection (Rotunda 1906: 159, no. XVII.119), given by John Hewitt
Head composed of steel
Accession number: O.83-1879
Primary reference Number: 158393
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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