Cast of stone axehead with tapering convex cutting edge at both ends and a hole through the centre. Painted to resemble stone. [SM 24/09/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cast of stone axehead with tapering convex cutting edge at both ends and a hole through the centre. Painted to resemble stone. [SM 24/09/2007]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Scotland
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source John Evans
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1897
Date collected: By 1897
Acquisition information: Donated: 1897
Materials and processes: Material Plaster, Material Stone, Material Pigment, Process Cast, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length: max 100 mm, Width: max 36 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1897.13.11
Research and responses: Ref. J. Evans. 1872. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. [LM 29/11/99]
This tool is as likely to have been made in England as in any other part of the British Isles and I have therefore included it in the English ethnography project [AP 25/07/2006]

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