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1884.127.4

Stone hammerstone

1884.127.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone hammerstone
Long description
Grey brown oval stone; flat faced with rounded ends, possibly an unfinished hammerstone. [CC [Excav. PR] 03/12/2013]
Geographical reference
Ireland, Republic of
Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland, Republic of
Ireland County Kerry Killarney Ross Island abandoned copper mine
Date
Date collected
?By 1878
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Pecked, Process Ground
Dimensions
Thick: max 67 mm, Width: max 110 mm, Length: max 210 mm, Weight 2536 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.127.4
Research and responses

This object is listed in Delivery Catalogue II but it is noted therein that it was not exhibited at Bethnal Green Museum or South Kensington Museum (although it may actually be implying that the object was not exhibited at the PRM). 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]. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Hammer-stone