Accession No
TEMP.01836
Description
Hollow bone knife handle in the shape of a flattened cylinder. The handle is wider at one end than the other, and the wider surfaces are decorated with incised floral motifs. Each wider surface also has three pierced holes through it, equally spaced apart.
Place
?Europe
Period
Post Medieval
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.01836
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
55mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Bone knife handle, hollow. Decorated with incised floral motifs.
Event Date 12/7/2022
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Hollow bone knife handle in the shape of a flattened cylinder. The handle is wider at one end than the other, and the wider surfaces are decorated with incised floral motifs. Each wider surface also has three pierced holes through it, equally spaced apart.
Event Date 7/11/2023
Author: Esther Laver
FM:298736
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