Wooden model of a flint flake

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden model of a flint flake
Long description: Wooden model of a flint core and flakes. The model consists of a core [.1] with base [.2] cut off and three flakes [.3-.5]. Painted grey on the outside and black on the inside. The parts all fit together. [El.B 11/12/2007]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; 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 Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Flaked, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions: Thick: max 55 mm, Width: max 82 mm, Length: max 83 mm, Weight 127 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.122.406.2 PR Cat other PR nos: 1435
Research and responses: It is not stated in any of the primary sources which object [and where it was] the flake was modelled on. AP]

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