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1884.118.243

Bone handle

1884.118.243

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bone handle
Long description
Piece of flat smooth orange-coloured (on one side) bone, cut into a bar with plate at each end, an inset plate at the smaller end fixed with 5 rivet pins, broken at the end, 2 rivets in the other plate. ?A fan handle. [CC [Excav. PR] 10/09/2013]
Date
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Animal Bone, Material Iron Metal, Process Riveted, Process Carved
Dimensions
Thick: max 6 mm, Width: max 38 mm, Length: max 169 mm, Weight 32 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.118.243 PR Cat other PR nos: 3682

Search terms: Tool, Fan

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