Scandinavian Axe, Orkney Museum

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This beautifully crafted flint axehead represents a Scandinavian thick-butted form from the middle Neolithic period (approximately 3200-2800 BC). The side facets are meticulously flaked, unlike any other axehead found in Orkney. This tool has undergone extensive handling and displays a shiny, greasy lustre. Its length is an impressive 144 mm. The Orkney Museum, Orkney Islands Council, proudly owns this artifact as part of its unclassified collection. The photograph was taken by Hugo Anderson-Whymark. This detailed model was created for the Leverhulme Trust-funded project 'Working stone, making communities: technology and identity on prehistoric Orkney,' directed by Professor Mark Edmonds at the University of York. This model will feature in a forthcoming web resource about Orcadian stone tools, currently under development to share knowledge with the public.