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Description: | Pierced bone handle, possibly of an awl or similar tool. Highly polished worked bone, circular in section and tapering to the end which has broken off. Part of one side has been lost or cut away. There is faceting of the edges around the wide end. The handle is pierced through with a circular hole 13mm from the wide end. The object could also be a large needle for netting or similar coarse work (see Margeson 1993, 186 no. 1449 for a Post-Medieval example). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Eleanor Ghey | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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