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Axes produced in the Neolithic period sometimes continued to be used in the Bronze Age for utilitarian purposes as well as votive offerings.
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Title: Metabauxite axe
Period: Neolithic
Date: 5th–4th millennium BCE
Culture: Cretan
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 2 1/4 in. a 1 3/4 in. (5.6 x 4.4 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Stone
Credit Line: Bequest of Richard B. Seager, 1926
Accession Number: 26.31.391
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