Axehead
- Accession Number
- EC1410
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Warfare, hunting and fishing equipment, Axe
- Material
- Stone/minerals (Obsidian)
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Measurements
- Length: 130mm | Width: 55mm | Depth: 27mm
Licensing details
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- Description
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Black polished stone axehead. possibly European prehistoric. However, polished axes are known from Egypt. 3 were sold in the Hilton Price collection 1911, lot 5.
- Previous Owners
- Sir. Hermann David Weber (1823–1918) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)