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1884.125.231

Stone axe

1884.125.231

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone axe
Long description
Dark grey polished stone axe; bell shaped with a rounded cutting edge and a chipped butt. There is cream paint on one surface. [CC [Excav. PR] 25/11/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
1865
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Slate Stone, Process Flaked, Process Ground, Process Polished
Dimensions
Length: max 79 mm, Length x Width: max 54 x 17 mm, Weight 91 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.125.231 PR Cat other PR nos: 1005 PR Cat other PR nos: 1384
Research and responses

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

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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