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ID number: BIRRC-D0094 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Title / Object name: Ceremonial axe Object type: Axe
Place made: Ngoni, S.E. Africa Materials: Iron, wood, brass and copper Measurements: 49 cm
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With iron blade and a wooden haft elaborately decorated with brass and copper wire. Collected at Benguela in Angola by William Cadbury in 1908. According to W.Fagg this axe is in the Ngoni style and is therefore not attributable to the Benguela region.
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