Cetacean bone hammer

Description

Hammer of cetacean bone, from Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney, Early Neolithic, c.3600-3200 cal BC

Museum reference

X.EOD 170

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Cetacean bone hammer

Date

Early Neolithic

Materials

Cetacean bone, Bone

Physical description

Hammer, cetacean bone, cut perforation 27mm diam. (small natural perforation runs through object at an angle)

Collection place(s)

Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Ritchie, A. 1983 Excavation of a Neolithic farmstead at Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 113 (1983), 40-290

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