Axe and antler socket

Details

• Title

  Axe and antler socket

• Associated place

  Europe › Switzerland › Lake Biel-Bienne › Lattringen (lake village site) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Neolithic Period (central Europe) (c. 5500 - c. 1800 BC)

• Material and technique

  antler, stone

• Material index

  organic › animal › bone › mammal bone › antler;

  inorganic › stone

• Object type

  tool/implement › axe

• Dimensions

  axe 5.5 x 3.8 cm (height x width)
  socket 8.9 x 7.8 cm (length x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1927.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1927.5091

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