Hunterian Museum Object 106542: GLAHM:B.1914.758 - ENGRAVING-TOOL, Backaskaill broch, Sanday, Orkney,
Description
- Description
- Engraving tool; Copper engraving tool set in a boar's tusk handle, presumably used for cutting grooves in bone and antler during the making of small pins, awls, etc. Accession book reads "tusk with bronze point"
- Object Number
- GLAHM:B.1914.758
- Object Name/Type(s)
- engraving-tool
- Material
- copper; tusk; copper alloy
Dimensions
- Height
- None recorded.
- Width
- None recorded.
Provenance & Acquisition
- Collection / Collected By
- None recorded.
- Collection Method
- None recorded.
- Locality
- Backaskaill broch, Sanday, Orkney,, Scotland
- Acquisition
- Mr James W. Cursiter (Donor) 1922
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| Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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| Hunterian Museum Object Number: GLAHM:B.1914.758 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by Hunterian |
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