bone object

Description

Identification note: Classified as Type 3.5 (metacarpi with notched ends) in Smith

Summary: 1 piece of metacarpel bone which has been hollowed out and deep notches cut around the butt end, a tool or possibly a comb, from the Iron Age period, from All Cannings Cross Farm, All Cannings, Wiltshire. Excavated by Mr B H Cunnington and Mrs M E Cunnington, 1911-22.


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