Button

Description

Decorated v-perforated jet button from Harehope Cairn, Peeblesshire, 2200 - 1750 BC

Museum reference

X.2021.61.6

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Button

Date

Early Bronze Age

Materials

Jet

Physical description

Domed, slightly oval jet button, v-perforated on reverse; circular; incised 'ladder' decoration on front in shape of four-armed cross; straight 'rungs'; incised line around the circumference; cracked surface; dull, unpolished reverse.

Collection place(s)

Harehope, Peeblesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Whitby, Yorkshire, England, Northern Europe

On display

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