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1884.119.178

Bronze axe

1884.119.178

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bronze axe
Geographical reference
Ireland, Republic of
Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland, Republic of
Ireland County Cork
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Bronze Age
Date collected
By 1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Bronze Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions
Length: max 92 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.119.178
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]. There are a large number of bronze objects from Ireland which are unmatched in the delivery catalogues, these can be found in PR Catalogue Part II [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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