Context (Field collection)
Skull and arrowhead were purchased from local coprolite diggers by the Rev. Conybeare around 1880.
Event Date 1880
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Record for 1929.404 A-B: 'The upper part of a wolf's skull with a tanged arrowhead in situ'
Event Date 23/9/1986
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: DEADLY ENERGY, MPhil display in Clarke Gallery, from March 2005 to 2010.
Event Date 3/2005
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
This skull was purchased from local coprolite diggers by the Rev. Conybeare around 1880. It was said to be the skull of a Bronze Age wolf, with the arrow that killed it still lodged in its skull. Radiocarbon tests carried out in 2012 date the skull to 1502 AD and Professor Tony Legge concluded the skull was of a dog. He also examined the 'wound' and concluded that it was made using a metal tool. The arrowhead is believed to be authentic. In all likelihood, it was the coprolite diggers who cut the slot in the skull and added the arrowhead, to increase the sale price. See Professor Legge's unpublished report in the archive (Doc.387) for further details.
Event Date 2012
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Temporary display 'Skull Duggery', Clarke Gallery, from May 2012 to 26 November 2013
Event Date 5/2012
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
The skull has been determined to be that of a dog.
Event Date 25/11/2013
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
The upper section of a dog's skull, with slot cut for the insertion of a tanged arrowhead (1929.404 B) as part of a forgery.
Event Date 31/3/2021
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)