A bone dagger with a hilt and carefully moulded pommel, carved out of a single piece of solid bone. The blade is decorated with a linear design of zig-zags and grooves. Like many of the objects Layton acquired for his collection it was found in
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Flint tranchet adze
Mesolithic (9000BC – 4000BC) Flint tranchet adze, from the Thames at Brentford. Part of the Layton collection. Dimensions: L 330 mm
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Thomas Layton lived in Brentford, Middlesex between 1826 and 1911...
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