Dress pin

Description

Large dress pin or hairpin of whalebone, with a spatulate head, from Skara Brae, Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney, 3100 - 2500 BC

Museum reference

X.HA 424

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Dress pin, Hairpin

Date

31st - 26th century BC

Materials

Whalebone

Physical description

Whalebone; spatulate headed; expansion of stem below head is perforated

Collection place(s)

Skara Brae, Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

Links to other web pages

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