Iron axe-head [.1] with a fragment of a wooden haft [.2]

Collection type: Object
Description: Iron axe-head [.1] with a fragment of a wooden haft [.2]
Long description: Axe head [.1] with T shaped blade and projecting hammer butt and socket containing part of the wooden shaft [.2] The socket is split on one side. The shaft is only loosely placed in the shaft and can be removed. [SM 30/01/2008]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Picardie Oise Beauvais
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Early Medieval Archaeological period: Merovingian
Date collected: ?By 1881
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Socketed, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 150 mm axe head, Width: max 35 mm shaft, Length: max 195 mm axe head, Length: max 185 mm shaft
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.120.21.1 Accession number: 1884.120.21.2 PR no.: ? 538/ 12191

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe, Hammer

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