Object: Winged axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Capetown Museum
Site: switzerland,fribourg,estavayer-le-lac
Country: Switzerland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 149
Width (mm): 37
Edge (mm): 42
Thickness (mm): 46
Patina: Traces of green patina on wings. On reverse, thin blackish-green patina and dark brown discoloration.
Surface: Very slightly pitted: a few dots on "shield" at base of septum on face drawn, which is mostly golden bronze.
Other: Length: 148.5mm,Edge 41.5mm,butt 37mm,Thickness: wings 46mm; septum at broken end 9mm
Description: Butt broken: edge fairly sharp
Remarks: Presumably from site on shore of Lake Neuchatel.