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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1962.363.8 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name arrowhead, arrowhead, leaf-shaped Description A worked flint tool, probably an leaf-shaped arrowhead.This arrowhead is included in the Mythical Creatures exhibition. Flint arrowheads made in the Neolithic and Bronze Age were found thousands of years later in the early medieval period. At that time they were thought to be Elf or Fairy darts. According to folklore, these arrows fell from the sky and were used by the elves to kill cattle. This object was selected for the Wicked Spirits exhibition as it represents superstition. People once believed these small flints were arrows used by elves or fairies, rather than early humans. Production period Neolithic Material stone Technique bifacially worked Dimensions length: 33.70 mm width: 17.50 mm depth: 4.70 mm Location Find me in 'Mythical Creatures' at Colchester Castle Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1962.363.8
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

arrowhead, arrowhead, leaf-shaped
Description

A worked flint tool, probably an leaf-shaped arrowhead.This arrowhead is included in the Mythical Creatures exhibition. Flint arrowheads made in the Neolithic and Bronze Age were found thousands of years later in the early medieval period. At that time they were thought to be Elf or Fairy darts. According to folklore, these arrows fell from the sky and were used by the elves to kill cattle. This object was selected for the Wicked Spirits exhibition as it represents superstition. People once believed these small flints were arrows used by elves or fairies, rather than early humans.
Production period

Neolithic
Material

stone
Technique

bifacially worked
Dimensions
Location

Find me in 'Mythical Creatures' at Colchester Castle

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