Context (Analysis)
Some probably Early Iron Age, others certainly Roman. The greater number may well have come from the Swiss Lakes.
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Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label adhered to display board: 'Ear Picks Bone & Silver c.1600 Ransom Coll. Clarke Gift.'
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Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Display)
Object previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board, with metal pins.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten on reverse of display board: 'circa 1600'
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Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1923.326[.1-48]: 'A collection of bone pins, needles etc.'
Event Date
Author: maa

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: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Flat, tapering, silver ear pick. Pointed at one end with small scoop at other. Rectangular cross-section. Rounded rectangular perforation near top with one circular perforation above. Incised linear motif above and below rectangular perforation.
Event Date 7/4/2025
Author: Heather Donoghue