Bronze harness cheek-piece.

Collection type: Object
Description: Bronze harness cheek-piece.
Long description: Bronze harness cheek-piece, previously in a display case with 9 others.
Geographical reference: Ireland, Republic of
Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland, Republic of; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Cultural groups: Irish
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1874
Date collected: By 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Bronze Metal, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 110 mm, Width: max 70 mm, Depth: max 9 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.68.95
Research and responses: Pitt Rivers was in Ireland [serving in the Army] from 1862-66, this object may have been obtained during this period [Bowden, 1991: 60-4] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]