Object

Accession No

1935.968 B

Description

Batu Lintar. Axe made of a yellowish buff stone with a chipped surface. Incorporating a slightly curved butt end, flat sides which converge towards a curved cutting edge and a rectangular cross-section.

Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Pahang; River Tembeling; Tahan

Period

Neolithic

Source

Noone, Herbert Vander Vord [collector]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1935.968 B

Cultural Affliation

Material

Stone

Local Term

Batu Lintar

Measurements

36mm x 11mm x 134mm

Events

Context (Production / use)
Batu Linta is the native word for stone implements, which in English means thunder bolt.
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Context (Found together / assemblage)
The collection of stone implements is split in three sections, Axe form (1935.968), Adze form (1935.969-70) and Gouge form (1935.971).
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Axe forms are distinquished by plane of working edge lying between the two planes of the implement
Event Date 1935
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Cf: Barton, Huw. (2013). ‘Myanmar and Malasia’ In Hicks, D. and Stevenson, A. (eds.), World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization. Archaeopress. pp. 517-524
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Description (Physical description)
Batu Lintar. Axe made of a yellowish buff stone with a chipped surface. Incorporating a slightly curved butt end, flat sides which converge towards a curved cutting edge and a rectangular cross-section.
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth

FM:79222