Accession No
1927.563
Description
19 perforated stone discs (?weights or sinkers), 2 holed pebbles, 17 stone and clay domed spindle-whorls of which 10 are decorated with crude radial lines, 2 toggle beads (?) one with ridged concentric patterns one with elaborate design including a face.
Place
Europe; British Isles; Scotland; Aberdeenshire
Period
Neolithic
Source
Ridgeway, William (Prof.)
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1927.563
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Auction / Sale)
Catalogue card: 'Bought from Sim [?] the furrier, Castle Street, Aberdeen.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Later catalogue card: '2 scrapers, 1 stone ball, 19 perforated stone discs (?weights or sinkers), 2 holed pebbles, 17 stone and clay domed spindle-whorls of which 10 are decorated with crude radial lines, 2 toggle beads (?) one with ridged concentric patterns one with elaborate design including a face.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Original catalogue card: 'Two ground balls with protuberances (one not very marked), two hones, many net sinkers or whorls (some carved), a queer carved bead-like object possibly medieval and two flint scrapers'
Event Date 1927
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:41058
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