Hairpin

Description

Hairpin or dress pin of bone, with the head in the form of a carved bust of a woman with a high and elaborate hair style, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 100 AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 688

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Hairpin, Dress pin

Date

Late 1st century

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Bone

Physical description

Bone; head in the form of a carved bust

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

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