Museum seeks donor of 3,000-year-old bronze axe

Holstebro Museum is trying to find the person who handed in a 3,000-year-old bronze axe, DR reports. The donor left it anonymously on Thursday, October 8, and museum staff did not record his name or phone number.

Museum curator and archaeologist Astrid Toftdal Jensen said the museum knows neither where the axe was found nor when or by whom. She said that without this information, staff cannot tell its story.

The axe is very rare, and the National Museum is expected to declare it a danefæ. It could also provide new knowledge about the Bronze Age in western Jutland.

Jensen said the museum wants to know whether the axe came from a known location, where other finds might shed light on the area, or from a previously unknown place. The donor can remain anonymous, she said, and anyone with information about the axe is welcome to contact the museum.

Holstebro Museum knows of only 10 other axes of the same type in Northern Europe.