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

Collection type: Object
Description: Sawn antler root; light brown with two intersecting sawn faces, one with a protrusion remaining; with a slightly flared, nodular ring surrounding a flat 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 42 mm, Width: max 62 mm, Length: max 68 mm, Weight 93 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.118.195
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]