Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 41691[.1-4]: 'Four bronze pins, heads beaten flat and rolled'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
University of Cambridge, Museum of General and Local Archaeology. (1892). 'The Walter K. Foster Bequest. Catalogue of the Antiquities.'
Event Date 1892
Author: Emily Shorter

Context (Amendments / updates)
If these pins are part of the Walter Kidman Foster bequest and from Switzerland, then they are likely to be from the Swiss Lake dwellings, where the vast majority of his Swiss collection originated. This has therefore been tentatively added to the Place field.
Event Date 21/4/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
A copper alloy pin. The shaft has circular cross section and tapers to a point; the metal towards the head is flattened and flared, and rolled into a loop.
Event Date 24/4/2024
Author: Emily Shorter