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Necklace

Description

Necklace of jet, with ninety-nine fusiform beads, four spacer plates, two end plates and a toggle, from a Bronze Age cist burial at Mount Stuart, Bute, Argyll and Bute, Early Bronze Age, 2050 - 1700 BC

Museum reference

X.EQ 101

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Necklace

Date

Mid 20th - 18th century BC

Materials

Jet

Physical description

Jet plates and beads

Collection place(s)

Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, Buteshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

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