Summary

Ground stone knife with handle of thin micaceous sandstone, from Shetland

Accession Number

X.AC 141

Other references

Original description

IMPLEMENTS OF ROUGHLY CHIPPED STONE OTHER THAN FLINT. Knife of thin micaceous sandstone. 9 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. Shetland.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1842

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Mrs Hope

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

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