Knife

Collection object


0000.0131
L. 12.4; W. max 3.25; T. 0.6; Wt.
Knife, large plano-convex. Grey flint. Elongated oval in outline, curved in profile, with a short straight section at the narrow end. Fine parallel flaking all over the convex face, with fine retouching along the edges. Bulb of percussion removed. Secondary working on the bulbar face for one-third of its length from the narrow, non-bulbar, end, with minute, possibly accidental, chipping along the rest of the edges. EBA L. 12.4; W. max 3.25; T. 0.6; Wt. Mr. Dix. 21st Jan. '08. This + arrowheads between Ballycastle + Cushendall handwritten on paper attached.