Accession No

Z 15510


Description

Tranchet axe


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Swaffham Bulbeck; Upper Hare Park


Period

Mesolithic


Source

Sedgwick Museum [donor]; Hughes, Thomas McKenny [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 15510


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

114mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Stone Tranchet Axe
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'Upper Hare Park 1902 T McKH'.
Event Date 1902
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1902.
Event Date 1902
Author: maa


Context (Amendments / updates)
This object is marked 'TMcKH' which are the initial of Thomas McKenny Hughes. He has therefore been added to the Source field. It is not currently known when Hughes donated this object to the Sedgwick Museum or when it came to this museum.
Event Date 22/1/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'A Survival Story: Prehistoric Life at Star Carr', Li Ka Shing Gallery, Case 2.03, 21 June 2018 - 16 March 2020.
Event Date 21/6/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2018.5 | A Survival Story: Prehistoric Life at Star Carr
Event Date 21/6/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:8708

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