Wood

87-39-1197

Location: On Display in the Ancient Food & Flavor

From: Switzerland | Bern Canton | Lake Moosseedorf | Moosseedorf

Curatorial Section: European

Object Number	87-39-1197
Current Location	Ancient Food & Flavor - On Display
Culture	Neolithic \| Swiss Lake Dweller
Provenience	Switzerland \| Bern Canton \| Lake Moosseedorf \| Moosseedorf
Period	Neolithic
Date Made	4300-2450 BCE
Section	European
Materials	Yew
Description	"Bit of Yew (taxus baccata). Bearing the beautifully well preserved marks of the hatchet. Yew is the only species of wood out of the pileworks, which keeps so well upon drying. (VB 1939) One flat face and one grooved edge. (HNW 1933)
Height	0.6 cm
Length	8.1 cm
Width	2 cm
Credit Line	Gift of American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1987
Other Number	L-37-1197 - Old Museum Number \| 26 - Original Number

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