Accession No
1933.527
Description
Cast of a stone boat-shaped battle-axe of Type 2 made of wood or plaster. Comprising of a circular rounded butt end, carinated sides which widen at the centre of the body and taper towards a fanned curved cutting edge. Central straight-sided hole perforated latitudinally through the centre, with a raised rib at one end of the hole.
Place
Europe; Northern Europe; Scandinavia; Finland; Uskela
Period
?Neolithic Modern
Source
Nordman (Dr) [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1933.527
Cultural Affliation
Material
?Wood; ?Plaster
Local Term
Measurements
210mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See card for illegible additions to provenance; Ref. Plate: 48
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Context (Other)
Original in National Museum of Finland, Helsingfors.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cast of boat-shaped stone battle-axe. Type peculiar to Finland. Boat-axe Type2
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cast of a stone boat-shaped battle-axe of Type 2 made of wood or plaster. Comprising of a circular rounded butt end, carinated sides which widen at the centre of the body and taper towards a fanned curved cutting edge. Central straight-sided hole perforated latitudinally through the centre, with a raised rib at one end of the hole.
Event Date 26/4/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:49993
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