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1884.98.15

Wood box with inscription on lid.

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1884.98.15

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wood box with inscription on lid.
Geographical reference
Sweden
Europe > Northern Europe > Sweden
Cultural groups
Swedish
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1879
Date collected
Summer 1879
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 230 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.98.15 PR no.: 8/ 10015
Research and responses

In the summer of 1879 Pitt Rivers travelled to Denmark with Rolleston to view archaeological sites and objects, this object may have been obtained then. Note that in vol 1 of the Pitt Rivers Catalogues of the Farnham Museum currently housed in the Cambridge University Library Manuscripts room, there is mention of items obtained from Sweden in May 1879 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Writing, Box, Inscription