Accession No
1925.28 F.3
Description
Axe - Stone axe with polished blade and flaked body. Squared sides.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk
Period
Neolithic
Source
Tapp William Munro (Dr) [donor]; Charles Hartley [collector]; Bell, Alfred [vendor]; Vansittart (Mr) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1925.28 F.3; 117 [Tapp no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Flint; Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Other owners)
In the Tapp catalogue is a description of the original collectors of this object. This was part of a group of objects purchased by C. Hartly in December 1912 for £5.5 from Mr Alfred Bell of Ipswich, a distinguished collector of fossil and sometimes employed at Ipswich Museum. The prehistoric specimens came from the personal collection of a Mr Vansittart, an Army officer. For more, see FG1/2/2.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card notes that 'the flaking technique and squared sides indicate a Scandinavian origin.'
Event Date 10/2/2011
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Stone axe with polished blade and flaked body. Squared sides.
Event Date 10/2/2011
Author: maa
FM:263684
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