Accession No

1926.109.10


Description

Flint polisher or whetstone, probably schist. Oval in cross-section, with two flat faces, rounded sides and terminal. Broken at the other end.


Place

Europe; Western Europe; France; Brittany; Morbihan; Bignan; Kergonfalz


Period


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Aveneau de la Grancière, Paul (Comte) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.109.10; 8


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; ?Schist


Local Term


Measurements

38mm x 71mm Weight 0.064kg


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1926.109.1-10: 'Five fragments of pottery, two pieces of flint and one broken polisher numbered 1-6, also two polishers on red board numbered 7 and 8. 1-5: potsherds. 6: 2 flints. 7,8: 2 polishers'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Related Documents)
Old label kept with the object reads: '7 et 8. Lissoirs-Polissoirs, provenant du dolmen sous Tumulus de Kergonfals en Bignan (Morbihan) cf Bull. Soc. Polymathique. 1864.

Translation: '7 and 8. Smoothers-Polishers, from the dolmen under Tumulus of Kerfongals en Bignan (Morbihan).' (L.Carreau, 22/03/2019).
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Other owners)
Bought by the donor from the collection of the Comte Aveneau de la Grancière of the château de Kerhué, near Guérande.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Labels & Markings)
Old printed label affixed to object reads: '8'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Field collection)
Found: Tumulus and Dolmen of Kergonfals, Carnac, (Morbihan).
Event Date 1864
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Flint polisher.
Event Date 21/03/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Flint polisher or whetstone, probably schist. Oval in cross-section, with two flat faces, rounded sides and terminal. Broken at the other end.
Event Date 11/4/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:283457

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