Accession No
1900.489 F
Description
Awl made of a bone point and ivory handle. The handle is conical in shape and hollow with the worked bone fixed inside. The awl is worked with a pointed end. Band of green wash around the awl near the point, possibly where a copper object was previously attached.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge
Period
?Neolithic ?Bronze Age ?Iron Age ?Roman ?Anglo Saxon ?Medival ?Post Medieval
Source
Freeman, Samuel J. [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1900.489 F; 9
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone; Ivory
Local Term
Measurements
190mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to object reads: '1900.489 F. Awl. Cambridge. Mr. S. J. Freeman'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Labels & Markings)
Typed label adhered to object reads: '9'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Awl in socketed handle.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1900.489 [A-M]: 'Thirteen bone awls, ?socketed, etc.'
Event Date 1900
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Ivory handle with bone awl.
Event Date 28/8/2001
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Awl made of a bone point and ivory handle. The handle is conical in shape and hollow with the worked bone fixed inside. The awl is worked with a pointed end. Band of green wash around the awl near the point, possibly where a copper object was previously attached.
Event Date 17/1/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:19492
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