Celt

97-124-129

From: Switzerland | Schwyz Canton | Lake Zurich | Wangen

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number 97-124-129
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Swiss Lake Dweller
Provenience Switzerland | Schwyz Canton | Lake Zurich | Wangen
Period Neolithic
Date Made 4300-2300 BCE
Section European
Materials Serpentine
Description

Stone Celt. Serpentine.

Stone Hatchet with its fastening of hart's horn which was fixed in a handle of wood, as has been found. The two parts are both genuine, but they did not originally belong together... The hart's horn fastening from Concise. See L-37-1116

Length 6 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-124-129 - Old Museum Number | 11069 - ANSP Number | 4 - Original Number | 87-39-1116 - Associated Object Number

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