Macehead

Description

Macehead of polished mottled serpentine, cushion type, from Fife, 3100 - 2500 BC

Museum reference

X.AH 112

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Macehead

Date

Late Neolithic

Materials

Serpentine

Physical description

Serpentine, mottled; blunted edges at right angles to haft hole; polished

Collection place(s)

Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Clerk Collection

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