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Unpublished typescript autobiography by I. H. N. Evans in MAA Archives, BA5/9/4: 'The Years Behind Me', p. 239 'in one neighbourhood of Pahang I had done some excavation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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