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1884.119.152

Bronze axe

1884.119.152

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bronze axe
Geographical reference
France
Europe > Western Europe > France
Bretagne Côtes-d'Armor Lamballe Port de Dahouet
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Bronze Age
Date collected
1879
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Bronze Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Cast, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions
Length x Width x Height: max 130 x 35 x 41 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.119.152 PR no.: 32/ 9294 or 32e/ 9294
Research and responses

This object could have been obtained by Pitt Rivers in between his visits to Brittany in October - November 1878 and March - April 1879. He stayed in France during the intervening winter. [Bowden, 1991: 86-7][Chapman, 1981: 410-2] [Thompson, 1977: 61]. The delivery catalogue entry is a little confusing. No other entries have two fraction numbers and only one [9294] is given in the accession book. 12191 entries are listed in green book pages 172 - 183. There are no objects with the fraction number 9294 in the green book. If my theory about fraction numbers is correct [see Introduction to the Lt-Genl PR catalogue] then objects with this number should have associated dates of between March and May 1879 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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