Fishtail dagger

Currently not on view

Fishtail dagger,

late 3rd–2nd millenium BCE

Danish
Late Nordic Neolithic period, ca. 8000–2000 BCE
1998-325

Information

Title
Fishtail dagger
Dates

late 3rd–2nd millenium BCE

Medium
Flint
Dimensions
26.9 x 1.9 x 6.4 cm (10 9/16 x 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-325
Culture
Danish
Period
European Neolithic styles and periods
Type
daggers (weapons), metalwork
Materials
flint

By bequest to the Museum in 1998

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