Polished stone axe

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Polished stone axe

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A miniature stone axehead, the face is asymmetrical with the sides broad and rounded and merging with the butt. The edge is straight and sharp with the blade area being defined by junctions and a higher level of polished. The faces are ground and polished with traces of pecking on both sides. The axe has an oval cross-section. This miniature axe may have been made from a fragment of a larger axe. ?Irish.

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