Code: 2890
Description: A polished dolerite perforated axe-hammer of narrow elongate form with an almost central cylindrical perforation, a recent chip to the cutting edge and the surface weathered overall and with a brown patina, but an attractive example.
Size: 139 mm/5.5 ins. in length and the perforation 15 mm/0.6 in. in diameter
Culture: Nordic Neolithic
Date: Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age, c. 2nd-3rd Millennium B.C.
Provenance: Ex Essex private collection.
