Double axe
- Accession Number
- W502
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Metalwork case
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Warfare, hunting and fishing equipment, Axe
- Material
- Metals/alloys (Copper alloy)
- Provenance
- Palestine
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Measurements
- Length: 183mm | Width: 59mm | Depth: 32mm
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Licensing details
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- Description
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A double axe, purchased by James Leslie Starkey on behalf of Wellcome, in Palestine in 1932–33.
- Wellcome Number
- A153991
- Other Identity
- 5 (written on a white rectangular label)
- Previous Owners
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936) | James Leslie Starkey (1895–1938)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
