Sawn antler root; light brown with two intersecting sawn faces; with a slightly flared, nodular ring surrounding a convex base. [CC [Excav. PR] 13/12/2013].

Collection type: Object
Description: Sawn antler root; light brown with two intersecting sawn faces; with a slightly flared, nodular ring surrounding a convex base. [CC [Excav. PR] 13/12/2013].
Geographical reference: Ireland, Republic of
Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland, Republic of; Ireland County Dublin Dublin unlocated street excavations
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date
Date collected: 1878
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Animal Antler, Process Sawn
Dimensions: Depth: max 58 mm, Width: max 63 mm, Length: max 72 mm, Weight 157 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.118.194
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]

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