Details

Object type

knife

Place Associated

Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Tiree, Balevullin (place found)

Date

Neolithic, possibly, circa 4000-2500 BC

Materials

stone

Dimensions

overall: 112 mm x 106 mm x 33 mm 566 g

Description

One knife of red-brown stone. Made on a large beach pebble. Teardrop-shaped on plan. Split on one face; the other face has a large sub-circular flake removed from it. The split face is flaked at the narrower end to form a working edge. Mann Collection.

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Mr Ludovic McLellan Mann, 1955

ID Number

A.1955.96.10.i

Location

In storage