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About this object

  • ID:

    99.119

  • Production date:

    Earlier Neolithic; 3530BC-3340BC

  • Location:

    In Store

  • Alder wood club or beater, possibly a war club or flax beater. Radiocarbon dated to 3530-3340 BC. Recovered in several pieces. Found on the Thames foreshore at World's End, Chelsea.

  • Measurements

    L 644 mm; W 108 mm; D 75 mm (overall), L 645 mm; W 96 mm; D 56 mm (overall)

  • Materials

    wood

  • Last Updated

    2024-03-26

FURTHER INFORMATION
  • NUMBER OF ITEMS

    1

  • STATUS

    permanent collection

  • COPYRIGHT HOLDER

    digital image copyright Museum of London

  • Related Object

    replica; beater (copy of)

  • Related place

    River Thames (found)

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