Cast of axe

Collection type: Object
Description: Cast of axe
Long description: Plaster cast of Palaeolithic hand-axe from Norfolk. Pointed axe with yellow-brown and dark brown colouration [patina]. [CG [Excav. PR] 27/09/2013]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; [England Norfolk]
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector John Wickham Flower; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected: By 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Plaster, Process Cast
Dimensions: Thick: max 55 mm, Width: max 76 mm, Length: max 170 mm, Weight 297 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.125.146 PR Cat other PR nos: 929

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