Mirror / handle

Description

Handle of cetacean bone for a bronze mirror, a copy of a Lochlee bronze handle, from Bac Mhic Connain, North Uist, 0 - 200 AD

Museum reference

X.GNB 61

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Mirror / handle

Date

1st - 2nd century

Materials

Cetacean bone

Physical description

Bone, cetacean; oval terminal ring, angular collar, triangular loop ending in a crossbar with protruding ends

Collection place(s)

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

Associations

Beveridge Collection

References

MacGregor, M., Early Celtic Art in North Britain: a study of decorative metalwork from the third century BC to the third century AD, Vol. 2, Leicester University Press, 1976

Links to other web pages

Canmore

On display

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