Object: Palstave
Classification: Continental
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London, Society of Antiquaries collection B.53
Site: Unprovenanced
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): EL 152.5
Width (mm): EWe 38.5; Wbt 17.8; Bst 22.9
Surface: brightish green to black-brown mainly v. rough surface wtih prom. fissures; whole body of metal terminating & distorting,Attached material: in one sep. are frags. of yellow-green material with grain aligned along axis - almost certainly wood.
Description: Typology: 'Binding' collar all round at stop; split into prob. 4 ribs by 3 horiz. grooves; sep. floor flat with apparent crisp angles to fgs.; bt. top flat, appears neat - prob. orig.; fgs. to bl.,Condition: distortion of details due to splitting
Remarks: PIF,Rec.: SR Feb. 79,Souce: MV,Old Card(s): 1