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Neolithic axe head from Luetzow in Northern Germany

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AR2628
Object: Neolithic axe head from Luetzow in Northern Germany

Material: Beautiful brown flint.

Period: 3200 BC to 1950 BC.
Middle Passage Grave culture period to last third of so-called Dagger Period.

Description:    Axe head made of beautiful brown flint. The tool was mounted and used as a stone axe. The trapezoid sides are polished, the smaller sides unpolished. Slightly curved blade.

Dimensions: 133mm long, 24mm wide at the butt. 35mm wide at the blade.

Condition: Perfect condition. Also the blade is fully intact, the axe was probably not used or almost not used. Old sticker "21" at one side.

Provenance: Acquired by us in 2018 from the German family collection Warning. Acquired in the collection by Karl Walter Warning between 1905 and 1925, collection no. 21. A hand written list from that time denotes the find spot as Lützow in Mecklenburg, Germany.

References: Cf. Jeg ser pa oldsager, page 116, no. 272.
Cf. Petersen, Flint fra Danmarks oldtid, page 116, no. 182.

Literature: P. V. Glob's classical book Danske Oldsager II. Yngre Stenalder gives a comprehensive overview on the Northern European New Stone Age.

Authenticity: We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.