Accession No

1900.439


Description

The head formed from pin having been twisted into a figure eight.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath


Period

Iron Age


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; ?Gathercole, George P. [vendor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1900.439; MAA: AR 1900.114


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; Bronze


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Display)
Mounted on perspex for display with handwritten label reading: 'Pins. Lakenheath, Suffolk'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Acquisition Details)
Purchased with 1900.438 for 0:1:6. The Accession Register records 'B[ought] G.', likely referring to George P. Gathercole, who has been tentatively added to the Source field.
Event Date 1900
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Annual Report: 'One small [pin], with double spiral head.'
Event Date 1900
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'A small bronze pin with head formed by a pair of inturned spirals.'
Event Date 1900
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
The head formed from pin having been twisted into a figure eight
Event Date 1900
Author: maa


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