Flint flake with long retouching along left and right edges. [MJD 29/07/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Flint flake with long retouching along left and right edges. [MJD 29/07/2009]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Suffolk Brandon
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Victor Robert Edwards; Field collector Francis Howe Seymour Knowles; PRM source Francis Howe Seymour Knowles
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1934
Date collected: By 1934
Acquisition information: Donated: 1934 Found unentered: 29/07/2009
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Thick: max 10 mm, Width: max 32 mm, Length: max 97 mm, Weight 35 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 2009.109.2
Research and responses: OED online: Gun flint: [Flint] 2. a. This stone, or a fragment of it, with reference to its property of giving off sparks when struck with iron or steel. flint and steel: an apparatus consisting of a piece of each of these substances used for procuring fire by the ignition of tinder, touchwood, etc. [AP 02/10/2006]