Accession No
1920.824
Description
Small axe made of a ground, brown coloured stone, possibly chert. Trapezoid in shape, with a curved, convex cutting edge, and a squared butt. Longitudinal incised line down the centre of the axe.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Pahang; Pekan
Period
Source
Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1920.824
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Chert
Local Term
Measurements
61mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Unpublished typescript autobiography by I. H. N. Evans in MAA Archives, BA5/9/4: 'The Years Behind Me', p. 239 'in one neighbourhood of Pahang I had done some excavation of caves and rock-shelters in search of prehistoric remains.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1920.824: 'Small stone axehead with unusual groove.'
Event Date 1920
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
The owner may have either been going to cut the implement into two, or he may have bound it to the haft by an end running in the groove.
Event Date 19/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Small axe made of a ground, brown coloured stone, possibly chert. Trapezoid in shape, with a curved, convex cutting edge, and a squared butt. Longitudinal incised line down the centre of the axe.
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:15993
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