Skip to main content
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Horseman's Axe
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Image © Worcester Art Museum, all rights reserved.

Horseman's Axe

Datelate 1500s
Mediumsteel, iron, wood and leather
Dimensions97 cm (38 3/16 in.), 2 lb 12 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.493
ProvenanceEdward Hubbard Litchfield collection
purchased by Museum from Herb Glass (Bullville, NY) on April 22, 1952, for lot which included HAM#s 3005.1-3.
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Eastern European
late 1500s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
German
head 1500s; haft 1800s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Eastern European
late 1600s–early 1700s
Ol alem (sword)
Maasai people, Eastern African
early 1900s
Image © Worcester Art Museum, all rights reserved.
Eastern African
late 1800s
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Maasai people, Eastern African
late 1800s
Image © 2025 Worcester Art Museum, all rights reserved.
Eastern African
late 1800s
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Maasai people, Eastern African
late 1800s
Image © 2025 Worcester Art Museum, all rights reserved.
Maasai people, Eastern African
late 1800s
Image © Worcester Art Museum, all rights reserved.
Maasai people, Eastern African
late 1800s
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Eastern African
late 1800s