Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Chichester Museum (at the Institute),sold to Newport, Mon., Museum 1923
Site: Ireland
Discovery context: auction
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 122
Width (mm): edge 48.5; middle 27.5; butt 26
Thickness (mm): 27; 22; 11
Weight (g): 255
Patina: the patina appears to have been cleaned off. The remains of a dark yellowish green patina on the septum.
Surface: smooth, but pocked all over
Composition: Bronze