Context (Field collection)
Assam. Naga Hills, between Patkai and Sangpan

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card for 1957.178[.1-7]: 'The collector Brigadier Ross Howman writes; 'In 1927 I commanded the escort of the first expedition to enter that part of the Naga Hills which lies between the PATKAI and SANGPAN BUM mountains. Our object was the suppression of head-hunting, and, as corollary, human sacrifice. I collected these axe heads at that time.'
Event Date 1927
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card for 1957.178[.1-7]: ' They were commonly carried with other odds and ends in the owner's shoulder-bag, and regarded as a talisman. They were not easy to come by,... and were handed on from one generation to another.'
Event Date 1927
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1957.178[.1-7]: 'Seven stone axe heads. Four tanged, three sub-triangular.'
Event Date 1957
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Ground and polished biconvex stone axe with angled shoulders. Square sides below the shoulders leading to a curved cutting edge; long tang with flattened sides and butt; flake scars smoothed but visible on one face; brown to green stone. Chips missing from cutting edge.
Event Date 17/10/2023
Author: Katrina Dring