NMS Archaeology Object 160016: X.HR 524 - Vessel bone / cup


Description

Summary


Handled cup of cetacean bone, from Clibberswick, Unst, Shetland


Accession Number


X.HR 524


Other references

Not recorded1909 p. 301

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM REFUSE HEAPS. Cup made of the vertebra of a cetacean, 3 1/2" high. Anonymous note: Fr. Clibberswick, Haroldswick, I. of Unst, 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)

Clibberswick, Haroldswick, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1909

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

John Fraser

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None

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