Bailer, boat

Description

Boat bailer of wood, cut from the solid with an oval bowl and a short handle, found in a peat moss at Grimsay, North Uist, 1400 - 1000 BC

Museum reference

X.MP 588

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Bailer, boat

Date

14th - 11th century BC

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Wood; oval bowl; cut from solid

Associations

Grimsay, North Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

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