NMS Archaeology Object 725123: X.2015.24.2 - Whalebone, worked
Description
Summary
Fragment of worked whalebone, locality unknown but probably Orkney
Accession Number
X.2015.24.2
Other references
None
Original description
X.2015.24.1-3 X.HR 1751-1753 [One of ]Three fragments of worked whalebone, no locality but almost certainly Orkney X.2015.24.1 = X.HR 1751 = Fragment of cup or vessel made from cetacean bone. H 120mm; X.2015.24.2 = X.HR 1752 = Fragment of worked whalebone, 130 x 130 x 70mm; X.2015.24.3 = X.HR 1753 = Fragment of worked whalebone, elongated fragment c 220mm x 75mm. All three objects are unmarked and unprovenanced but an Orkney provenance seems very likely. An accompanying note on scrap paper in the handwriting of Mrs C L Curle and written at the time she was working on the Birsay report states: “Not from Birsay, perhaps Aikerness. CL Curle. P.T.O./ Try Skara Brae.” Previously unregistered, located and allocated new year registration and catalogue numbers during the Leith store decant 2014/2015.
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)
Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe
Acquisition
Acquisition date
2015
Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Unknown
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Unknown
Image
None
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