Large Danish Stone Age Neolithic Thin Butted Axe

DOLMAN PERIOD, 3700-3300 B.C.

7 1/8 in. (805 grams, 18 cm).

A finely knapped and polished axe with convex cutting edge and square sides in a grey chert; evidence of use as a 'strike-a-light' to the butt; old collector label '162' to face.

Provenance

Acquired 1980s.
French private collection before 2020.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.

Literature

Cf. Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.228, for type.

CONDITION

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