Context (Other owners)
Several objects in the Foster Bequest are marked 'Chautems', and this may be a collector or a vendor.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Description (Labels & Markings)
Written in white on side of object: 'Auvernier Chautems.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Description (Physical description)
Bronze oberstandige lappenaxt (winged axe) with dark green brown patina
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
University of Cambridge, Museum of General and Local Archaeology. (1892). 'The Walter K. Foster Bequest. Catalogue of the Antiquities.'
Event Date 1892
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Related Documents)
See card for sketch (1:1)
Event Date 23/6/1992
Author: maa

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.1983.106 | Remedial
Event Date 10/11/2020
Author: Kirstie French

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy winged axehead. Flared, crescentic blade with straight-sided body of rectangular cross-section. The haft consists of four semicircular flanges, curved in pairs towards the centre of the body. Single, small loop. Gradual slope stop. Rectangular butt.
Event Date 20/11/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Wing flanged palstave axe of copper alloy, Hallstatt A. Rectangular butt; the body incorporates four semicircular flanges, curved in pairs towards the centre of the septum with a small loop on one side; the septum is curved with gradual slope stop, more defined on one side than the other. The blade flares at the tip with curved cutting edge and lenticular cross-section.
Event Date 17/4/2024
Author: Clare McKenna