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1884.118.244

Bone handle

1884.118.244

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bone handle
Long description
Hollow bone object, roughly square in section with 18 holes or pits on the surfaces. Piece of orange-brown carved ?handle of bone, oblong in section, with bevelled angles, 2 turned ring bands one at each end, one end crenelated, the other expanded and broken. Object is flat at the back as though for appliqué. [SM 14/11/2007]
Date
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Animal Bone, Process Incised, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Hollowed, Process Decorated
Dimensions
Thick: max 22 mm, Width: max 37 mm, Length: max 183 mm, Weight 67 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.118.244 PR Cat other PR nos: 1592 PR Cat other PR nos: 3682

Search terms: Tool, Unidentified Object

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