NMS Archaeology Object 724165: X.2014.361.6 - Shetland knife


Description

Summary


Knife, one of seven, from Shetland, Scotland


Accession Number


X.2014.361.6


Other references

Classification NumberX.AJ 73

Original description

[One of] Seven Shetland knives, no locality, Shetland, formerly part of R C Haldane Collection. [one of] Seven Shetland knives, no locality, Shetland, formerly part of R C Haldane Collection. Although similar in size and condition there is no evidence that these were associated group. Trevor Cowie notes, 28 October 2014: these previously unregistered objects were allocated accession nos during the Leith Cruiser Store decant October 2014. They are assumed to have formed part of the collection of Shetland artefacts donated by R C Haldane in 1911, much of which came from the locality of Lochend, North Roe, Northmavine. Site: Shetland, Scotland, EUROPE.

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

1911

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Haldane, R.C., 1905 - 1911 (fl.)

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None

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