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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