NMS Archaeology Object 158956: X.HP 672 - Bead
Description
Summary
Small bead of lamellibranch shell, perforated near tip, probably from Cnoc Sligeach, Oronsay, 6000 - 3500 BC
Accession Number
X.HP 672
Other references
| Not recorded | 1952.737 |
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Original description
COLLECTIONS FROM REFUSE HEAPS. Small lamellibranch [bivalve mollusc] perforated near the tip (DM shore). Presumably from Cnoc Sligeach, Oransay. (From Mungo Buchanan Colln). [MoS description] Moving things, travelling people. First moves. Evidence from Oronsay. Jewellery. (15) Shell beads and container, Cnoc Coig, Caisteal nan Gillean and Oronsay. 6000 - 3500 BC.
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)
Cnoc Sligeach, Oronsay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe
Acquisition
Acquisition date
1952
Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Unknown
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Not recorded
Image
None
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