- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone implement; natural
- Long description
- Flint object, probably naturally formed, with orange-brown and yellowish brown patina forming. All surfaces are polished and there are 2 spots of glue / putty adhering to one surface. [CG [Excav. PR] 24/10/2013]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Unknown
- Date collected
- By 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884, uncertain Found unentered: Found unentered
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone, Material Flint Stone
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 13 mm, Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 61 mm, Weight 43 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.140.1570.1 PR Cat other PR nos: 1467 PR Cat other PR nos: 826
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