Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: John Holmes Collection, City Art Gallery, Leeds,Cat. No. 208,(Wardell Collection)
Site: provenance unknown
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 155
Edge (mm): 63
Thickness (mm): 29
Weight (g): 432
Patina: Green patina in places and large patch of the encrustation on blade.
Description: Flanges extending downwards towards cutting edge, and midrib extending from stop ridge down middle of blade. The hammer marks on side are regular and suggest ornament.