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1884.118.245

Ox scapula hafted to a wooden stake

1884.118.245

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ox scapula hafted to a wooden stake
Long description
Ox scapula hafted to a stout stake bound with cord and ?pitch. Experimental model of a 'spade'. [CG [Excav. PR] 26/06/2013]
Date / Period
Date made: 1800-1881?, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
By 1881 May 11
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Animal Bone, Material String, Material Pitch, Material Wood Plant, Process Incised, Process Bound, Process Carved
Dimensions
Depth: max 50 mm, Width: max 190 mm, Length: max 1050 mm, Weight 1147 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.118.245 PR no.: 643/ 12394
Research and responses

According to the accession book the number 12394 suggests that this object was obtained via Anthropological Institute. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Associated publications
Illustrated in colour on page 99 of The Pitt Rivers Museum: A World Within, by Michael O’Hanlon (London: Scala, 2014). Caption (same page) reads: ‘75 (below) Ox scapula hafted to a wooden stake and bound with cord and pitch. Length 1050 mm Donated by General Pitt-Rivers 1884.118.245’ [MJD (Verve) 19/2/2016]

Search terms: Tool, Reproduction, Technique, Cordage, Model, Shovel, Spade

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