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Description

Elongated bone toggle, apparently having contained a small nail-like bone pin at each end of the tube, from Borness Cave, Kirkcudbrightshire

Museum reference

X.HN 37

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

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Materials

Bone

Physical description

Bone; handle-like; probably pierced longitudinally; with oval opening

Collection place(s)

Borness Cave, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Celts (10 Mar 2016 - 25 Sep 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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