Hand Axe
EU899
From: England | Suffolk | Little Pits Fen
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU899 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Paleolithic |
| Provenience | England | Suffolk | Little Pits Fen |
| Period | Paleolithic |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Flint implement - Pointed oval. Two large flakes off one face. England, Suffolk, Little Pits Fen. Modern? Probably Palaeolithic. Revised Card: Flint hand-axe - Triangular. Brown-orange patination on one face, light yellow on opposite face. Fissured by frost. Large frost fractures of recent date. England, Suffolk, Little Pits Fen. Palaeolithic. |
| Length | 10.3 cm |
| Width | 7.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Sidney Warrington, 1913 |
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