Handle

Description

Antler handle, sub-triangular in cross-section, with a socket at one end showing traces of iron oxide, and cut marks possibly made to resemble ogham, from Bac Mhic Connain, North Uist

Museum reference

X.GNB 34

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Handle

Materials

Antler

Physical description

Bone, antler; sub-triangular in cross-section; socket at one end showing traces of iron oxide; several cut-marks possibly made to resemble ogham; high polish all over

Collection place(s)

Bac Mhic Connain, Vallay, North Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Beveridge Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore