Description (Physical description)
Ground and polished stone axe adze with sharp cutting edge and sharp point at butt end.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Displayed in the Andrews Gallery as part of the 'Assembling Bodies' exhibition March 2009 to November 2010. Label noted 'Neolithic Axes 5,000 to 2,500 years ago. Burwell and London, England and Leys and Fyvie, Scotland. The new technology of polishing stone produced very sharp edges. Many of these handled axes were used by the first farmers for cutting trees. The delicate green axes were not functional tools however, but symbols of wealth and power.'
Event Date 2009
Author: Remke van der Velden