Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: 17,[A.H. 2275]
Site: England, west yorkshire,shelf,1856
Parish: Shelf
County: West Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1856
Length (mm): 171
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 41
Thickness (mm): 37
Weight (g): 540
Patina: Brown
Surface: Rough, pale mottled green, except at one corner of face, near the edge where there is a trace of brown patina
Other: Width: butt 25mm; centre 27mm; edge 41mm,Thickness: centre 37mm; 10mm
Associations: Perhaps found with palstaves 14, 15, 16, 18 and a spear-heads 19 and 20
Description: Butt slightly damaged; a piece broken out of one wing.