Iron tip for a wooden spade. It is semicircular with the cutting edge on the outside and a slot on the inside for the wooden spade, the top of which is perforated on each side. There is a perforated lug, turned 90 degrees, at the top of each side. [JC [OPS Move] 11/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Iron tip for a wooden spade. It is semicircular with the cutting edge on the outside and a slot on the inside for the wooden spade, the top of which is perforated on each side. There is a perforated lug, turned 90 degrees, at the top of each side. [JC [OPS Move] 11/1/2017]
Geographical reference: Norway
Europe > Northern Europe > Norway; Finnmark Vadsø Andersby
Cultural groups: Norwegian
Person: Field collector Alfred Heneage Cocks; PRM source Alfred Heneage Cocks
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1891
Date collected: By 1891
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1891
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Process Perforated, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions: Depth: max 44 mm, Length: max 209 mm, Width: max 185 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1891.56.8
Associated publications: COCKS A.H. 1891. Catalogue of the Scandinavian Exhibition of Antiquities and other objects collected by Alfred Heneage Cocks, on view at the Royal Archaeological Institute, June 1891, 2nd ed. London. See page 9, catalogue number 135. See Balfour Library pamphlet collection (Europe V) [AS 25/11/2010]

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