Socketed axe
Socketed axe

Currently not on view

Socketed axe,

ca. 3000 – 2000 BCE

Neolithic period, 10000 - 7000 BCE
1998-374

Information

Title
Socketed axe
Dates

ca. 3000 – 2000 BCE

Medium
Antler and stone
Dimensions
h. 11.6 cm., w. 5.8 cm., diam. 4.1 cm. (4 9/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-374
Place Excavated

Switzerland

Period
European Neolithic styles and periods
Type
axes (tools)

From the Swiss Lake dwellings; acquired by Christie's at an unknown date from an unknown source, sold in 1979; acquired by Michael Ward between 1979 and 1989; purchased by John B. Elliott, Class of 1951, in 1989; bequeathed to the Museum in 1998 by Elliott.

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