Body cover, coffin / fragment

Description

Fragment of sewn birch bark body cover from a timber coffin, from Oban, Argyll and Bute, Middle Bronze Age, 2040 - 1740 B.C.

Museum reference

X.EQ 192

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Body cover, coffin / fragment

Date

2040 - 1740 BC

Materials

Birch bark

Physical description

Wood, birch bark; made of pieces sewn together

Collection place(s)

Oban, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

On display

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