A Worji war axe Bauchi Province

A Worji war axe

Bauchi Province, Nigeria

with a open curved blade with incised decoration and inlaid copper circles with plaited hide binding, on a hide covered and part ribbed shaft, with museum number 56.24.698. and with Liverpool and Norwich Castle Museums labels,

66cm long.

Provenance

Arthur Holdsworth Groom, District Officer, Nigeria 1905 - 1917.

Loaned to the Castle Museum, Norwich in 1911.