Axe

Details

• Title

  Axe

• Associated people

  Benjamin Harrison (1837 - 1921) (field collector)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Kent › Tonbridge and Malling › Ightham (find spot)

• Date

  Mesolithic Period (Britain) (c. 9,600 - c. 4000 cal.BC)

• Material and technique

  flint

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › silica › flint

• Object type

  tool/implement › axe

• Dimensions

  11.5 cm (length)
  3 cm (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.

  AN1927.3497

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