Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age

Made:: 2000-500 BCE in Europe

Bronze Adze-head, fitted with modern handle, European

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Bronze Adze-head, fitted with modern handle, European
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Bronze Adze-head, fitted with modern handle, European, Bronze Age.

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Category:: Hand and Machine Tools

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: 1981-2090

Materials:: bronze, wood and complete

Measurements:: overall: 55 x 503 x 235 mm
weight: 4.79kg
weight: 10.5602lbs

type:: adzes and hand tools

credit:: On loan from the Wellcome Trust

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Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age

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