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1925.56.2

Stone spear-head, lozenge shaped, flaked on all surfaces, dark orange coloured. [MJD (Verve) 29/3/2016]

1925.56.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone spear-head, lozenge shaped, flaked on all surfaces, dark orange coloured. [MJD (Verve) 29/3/2016]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source S.G. Fenton and Company
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1925
Date collected
By 1925
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1925
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Width: max 66 mm, Length: max 210 mm, Thick: max 14 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1925.56.2
Research and responses

Prof. Rosemary Joyce examined this object during a visit to Oxford in December 2010. She noted that it is of a similar material to 1884.134.70 which was a Mayan import to Honduras from Belize, as this too is likely to be. [AS 01/12/2010]

Search terms: Weapon, Spear-head