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1884.119.26

Bronze axe

1884.119.26

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bronze axe
Long description
Bronze axe of triangular form.
Geographical reference
Ireland, Republic of
Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland, Republic of
Ireland County Cork Cork
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Bronze Age
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Bronze Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions
Length x Width x Height: max 112 x 72 x 9 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.119.26 PR Cat other PR nos: 2322
Research and responses

Pitt Rivers was in Ireland [serving in the Army] from 1862-66, this object may have been obtained during this period [Bowden, 1991: 60-4]. See also Chapman, 1981: 117 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Associated publications
Listed as number 805 under the category 'Type Killaha' on page 32 of The Axes of the Early Bronze Age in Ireland (Prähistorische Bronzefunde, IX, 1), by Peter Harbison (Munich: C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1969): '805. Provenance unknown. Pitt-Rivers Mus., Oxford (P.R. 1431.2322). Unpublished (Pl. 36.7).' See also line-drawing in Plate 36.7. (unpaginated). [JC 26 3 2009]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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