Button

Description

Large V-perforated decorated jet button, from Harehope Cairn, Peeblesshire, Early Bronze Age 2200 - 1750 BC

Museum reference

X.2021.61.3

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Button

Date

Early Bronze Age

Materials

Jet

Physical description

Large domed jet button, v-perforated on reverse; incised 'ladder' decoration on front in shape of four-armed cross, with incised decoration of a single line around the circumference; unmarked on peak of dome; slightly cracked surface

Collection place(s)

Harehope, Peeblesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Whitby, Yorkshire, England, Northern Europe

On display

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