Dress pin

Description

Large dress pin or hairpin of whalebone with a pointed head, from Skara Brae, 3100 - 2400 BC

Museum reference

X.HA 425

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Dress pin, Hairpin

Date

Late Neolithic

Materials

Whalebone

Physical description

Whalebone; pointed head, now damaged, above perforated expansion of stem; flat sectioned; point rounded

Collection place(s)

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

Links to other web pages

Canmore

On display

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