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
FM:20354
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