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Object name(s):
axehead; stone axehead
Brief description:
stone axehead: a pinkish slaty rock with prominent unweathered blobs; an altered and sheared killas with prominent crystalline augen
Collection:
Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
Acquisition date:
26.2.2016
Acquisition method:
gift
Associated concept:
EUROPEAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Completeness:
complete
Dimension:
length
Dimension value:
15.5 cm
Dimension:
width
Dimension value:
5 cm
Dimension:
depth
Dimension value:
1 cm
Field collection place:
Cornwall
Place status:
County
Field collection place:
Nanquidno
Field collection place:
St Just in Penwith
Field collection place:
England
Place status:
Country
Material:
killas
Number of objects:
one
Object name:
axehead; stone axehead
Object number:
TRURI : 2016.4.3
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1000 BC
Date - latest:
300 BC
Object production place:
Cornwall
Place status:
County
Object production place:
England
Place status:
Country
Object production place:
Nanquidno
Object production place:
St Just in Penwith
User's reference:
Reference author / editor:
South-Western Group of Museums and Art Galleries
Reference details:
extracted from the catalogue 'Wayside Museum, Zennor, Register of Stone Implements' compiled by Charles Thomas when resident curator, winter 1954/55
Reference number:
596
Reference publication date:
1.6.1950
Reference title:
Report of Stone Axe Sub-committee

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/01d3a113-e4c7-36c2-ac9e-6ba5299a2b8a

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/01d3a113-e4c7-36c2-ac9e-6ba5299a2b8a, Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, CC BY-NC

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