Número del objeto
1945.36
Descripción
About half of a neolithic or bronze age "Thames Pestle" type stone macehead found at Eycot Wood, Rendcomb, Gloucestershire. An elegantly fashioned object made from a polished greenstone provenanced to Cornwall, petrological Group I; broken through a cylindrical shaft-hole. The surviving hammer head end is rounded with a small flattened area. The thin section has been cut from near the perforation and has been refilled.
Lugar de producción
Cornwall
Periodo de producción
Late Neolithic, Early Bronze Age
Nombre del objeto
Material
Técnica
Dimensiones
- l: 4.5cm
- w: 5.7cm
- thickness: 4.2cm