Accession No
1893.24
Description
Copper alloy fish hook with barb and notched terminal for attaching the line. Thin and sub-rectangular in cross-section.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath
Period
?Bronze Age ?Iron Age
Source
Foster, Walter Kidman [monetary donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1893.24; MAA: AR 1893.19
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
57mm
Events
Context (Display)
Mounted on board for display. Handwritten label affixed to reverse reads: 'Hook (bronze) Lakenheath, Suffolk. *Cambs. Ant. Soc.' and in a later hand '?La Tene'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Annual Report: 'A barbed fish-hook, the shank, square in section, is flattened and expands at the end to facilitate the attachment of the line. Length 2.2"'
Event Date 1893
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected in ? 1893
Event Date 21/7/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Fish hook with barb and expanding end for attaching the line.
Event Date 21/7/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy fish hook with barb and notched terminal for attaching the line. Thin and sub-rectangular in cross-section.
Event Date 28/6/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:20350
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