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Drilled Axe-head

Neolithic
ca. 4000 BCE - ca. 2200 BCE
Sandstone

5 11/16 in. x 2 1/16 in. x 2 5/16 in. (14.5 cm x 5.3 cm x 5.8 cm)

Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number: 70.60.8
Other Number(s): 23407 (The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Number)
Acquisition Date: 12/09/1997
Geography: Europe, Sweden
Classification: Tools and Equipment; Arts and Crafts Tools
Collection: William S. Vaux Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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  • ax heads - The topmost components of axes, often made of stone or metal, having at least one sharpened edge. Axe heads are attached to the shafts of the axe.
  • axes - Cutting tools that consist of a relatively heavy edged, squarish head fixed to a handle, the edge or edges being parallel to the handle so as to be suited for striking, hewing, cleaving, or chopping, trees, wood, ice, or another material. For axes used as weapons, typically having wider blades, use "axes (weapons)." For similar tools that are smaller and lighter, use "hatchets." For long-handled tools with a curved blade set perpendicular to the handle and used for dressing lumber, use "adzes."
  • cutting tools - Tools with a blade or sharpened edge with the primary function of cutting.
  • implements - Object genre including equipment, tools, vessels, apparatus, utensils, instruments, apparel, small furnishings, and other things employed in any trade or used in executing a task or work.
  • sandstone - A consolidated sedimentary rock, consisting of sand grains united with a natural cementing material; the most common sand in sandstone contains quartz, with considerable feldspar, lime, mica, and clayey matter.
  • tools - Objects, especially those hand-held, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
  • Tools and Equipment - The Tools and Equipment hierarchy contains terms for equipment used in processing materials and fabricating objects, as well as terms associated with activities and disciplines in the construction industry, design professions, the fine and decorative arts, and other aspects of material culture. Excluded are terms for objects such as measuring devices and weapons, which may be considered equipment but fall into the scope of other hierarchies in the Furnishings and Equipment section of the Objects facet. Relation to other hierarchies: Terms for devices used to measure in terms of standard units or fixed amounts (e.g., "gauges") are in the Measuring Devices hierarchy. Terms for items that are necessary to anchor or join materials, objects, or components (e.g., "nails," "buckles") appear in the Components hierarchy. Terms for constituent parts of equipment (e.g., "handles") are also in the Components hierarchy. HVAC systems can be found in the Object Groupings and Systems hierarchy, while the terms for HVAC equipment (e.g., "air conditioners") are found here.

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