Accession No

1926.123 A


Description

A section of a ring made from ground and polished schist. It is flat along the top and bottom faces and slightly bevelled towards the outer edge.


Place

Europe; Western Europe; France; Brittany; Morbihan; Malguenac; Villeneuve-Guerno


Period

?Neolithic


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Aveneau de la Grancière, Paul (Comte) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.123 A; 1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Schist


Local Term


Measurements

90mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Label reads: [transcription] ‘Fouille du Village préhistorique de la Villeneuve-Guerno, en Malguénac (Morbihan). Voir Bull. Soc. Polymathique du Morbihan, année 1907.’
[translation]: ‘Excavation of the prehistoric village of Villeneuve-Guerno in Malguénac (Morbihan). See Bull. Soc. Polymathique du Morbihan, year 1907’.
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter


Context (Related Documents)
Label reads: [transcription] ‘Breton. Epidirite. Group A. (P.R.G. / J.C.) (= VII a)’
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Labels & Markings)
Small square red label adhered to object reads: '1'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Labels & Markings)
Label for schist ring reads: 'Fragment of arc-shaped shcist pendant from prehistoric village at Villenueve, Morbihan.'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter


Context (Auction / Sale)
Bought by the donor from the collection of the Comte Aveneau de la Granciere, Lot 3.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
From Prehistoric Village of Villeneuve - Guerno. Collected by Paul Aveneau de la Granciere in 1907.
Event Date 1907
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue Card 2 for 1926.123 [A-G]: 1: Segment of jade ring; 2-3: Flint blades; 4: Stone object; 5: (1-10) Pottery fragments (11) triangular pebble; 6: Soil sample in glass jar; 7: Stone object
Event Date 1926
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue Card 1 for 1926.123 [A-E]: Stone objects, pottery fragments, two flint flakes, portion of a flat schist ring and specimen of reddened earth, numbered 1-6
Event Date 1926
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A section of a ring made from ground and polished schist. It is flat along the top and bottom faces and slightly bevelled towards the outer edge.
Event Date 11/4/2024
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:49495

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