Hunterian Museum Object 104215: GLAHM:B.1914.317 - DAGGER, Flanders Moss, Rousay, Orkney


Description

Description
Early Bronze Age dagger of Arreton Down type with horn handle preserved, thin, flat blade tapering to sharp point, Y-shaped haft fastened to the top of the blade with three bronze rivets, the top of the handle has a tang with two horn rivets which once attached a pommel.
Object Number
GLAHM:B.1914.317
Object Name/Type(s)
dagger
Material
copper alloy; ox horn

Dimensions

Height
None recorded.
Width
None recorded.

Provenance & Acquisition

Collection / Collected By
Inkster, F
Collection Method
None recorded.
Locality
Flanders Moss, Rousay, Orkney, Scotland
Acquisition
Mr Andrew Henderson Bishop (Donor) 1914

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