Very long bronze pin with large ball head

Collection type: Object
Description: Very long bronze pin with large ball head
Geographical reference: Switzerland
Europe > Western Europe > Switzerland; Lac de Neuchâtel
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Bronze Age
Date collected: By 1880 May 6
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Bronze Metal
Dimensions: Length: max 225 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.72.18 PR no.: 10/ 10750
Research and responses: Unprovenanced single find Late Bronze Age [PW]
Associated publications: According to the Accession Book IV entry this object was featured on page 324 of a book or paper by Joseph Déchelette. Déchelette was a French archaeologist who published over 120 books and articles before his untimely death aged 52 in WW1. Consequently with no year of publication provided it is not currently known in which publication Déchelette refers to the artefact [although his Manuel d'Archeologie Prehistorique Celtique et Gallo-Romaine may be a good starting point]. [MN 29/07/2009]

Search terms: Ornament, Pin

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