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<object xmlns:xs="//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><field label="PrimaryMedia" name="primaryMedia"><value>/internal/media/dispatcher/24545/full</value></field><field label="Registration Number" name="invno"><value>32017</value></field><field label="Title" name="title"><value>Double-perforated axe pendant</value></field><field label="Classification(s)" name="classifications"><value>Jewellery</value></field><field label="Period" name="period"><value>Tarxien phase, Late Neolithic</value></field><field label="Date" name="displayDate"><value>3800-2000 BC</value></field><field label="Begin Date" name="beginDate"><value>-3800</value></field><field label="End Date" name="endDate"><value>-2000</value></field><field label="Description" name="description"><value>Triangular-shaped axe pendant with rounded cutting edge, straight top, with complete drilled hole below and another incomplete; work facets and regrinding evident.</value></field><field label="Curatorial Remarks" name="curatorialRemarks"><value>This pendant was originally inventoried as SF723 (inking is not very legible), however, it is clear from the drawing in the published excavation report (p.257) that this number belongs to another pendant. From the same drawings, this is SF1163.</value></field><field label="Provenance" name="provenance"><value>Xagħra Circle, 'Shrine' area</value></field><field label="Dimensions" name="dimensions"><value>(W) 2.3 x (L) 2.8 cm</value></field><field label="Museum" name="department"><value>Gozo Museum of Archaeology</value></field><field label="Location" name="locations"><value>Gozo Museum of Archaeology, Ground Floor, Room 1 - Local Resources, Showcase 1</value></field><field label="Alternate ID Numbers" name="altNums"><value>32017</value><value>SF1163</value></field><field label="Public Access" name="onview"><value>1</value></field><field label="Object Type" name="textEntriesObjecttype"><value>Double-perforated axe pendant</value></field><field label="Published References" name="pubreferences"><value>Malone, Caroline, et al.  Mortuary customs in prehistoric Malta.  Excavations at the Brochtorff Circle at Xagħra (1987-94).  McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2009. 257, 422.</value></field><field label="Node" name="node"><value>Heritage Malta</value></field><field label="Source ID" name="sourceId"><value>1337</value></field><field label="Material" name="textEntriesMaterial"><value>Nephrite</value></field><field label="Technique" name="textEntriesTechnique"><value>Worked nephrite</value></field></object>