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1884.61.22

Wooden apple-gouge

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1884.61.22

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden apple-gouge
Long description
Wooden apple-gouge with highly decorated handle. The end of the handle is carved to look like a condyle end and the rest if carved with geometric designs and painted in shades of blue. [CG [Excav. PR] 04/10/2013]
Cultural groups
European
English
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1878
Date collected
1866 - 1867
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Incised, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Decorated
Dimensions
Length: max 167 mm, Width: max 24 mm, Thick: max 15 mm, Weight 16 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.61.22 PR Cat other PR nos: 1586 PR no.: 167/ 8386
Research and responses

It doesn't seem very likely that the fraction number given in the accession book is correct, based upon the logic of the green book entries and their numbers, it may be that the number has been transposed [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Pitt-Rivers described finding "bone gouges" during fieldwork at London Wall in his 1867 paper in Archaeological Journal (p. 62). See also 1884.61.21. I have indicated that the "when collected" date is probably 1866-1867, although the primary documentation only shows delivery to South Kensington in October 1878 [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013]

Associated publications
Lane Fox, A.H. 1867. Objects found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall. Archaeological Journal 24: 61-64. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013] Lane-Fox, A.H. 1867. A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of Pile Buildings. Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5: lxxi-lxxxiii. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013]

Search terms: Tool, Food and Drink, Cooking Tool, Gouge, Food Accessory

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