- Object name(s):
- bead; stone bead with hour-glass perforation; faunal bone assemblage
- Brief description:
- A single bead found on a site with Bronze Age pottery and moulds for casting bronze swords and rapiers. The bead is made from serpentine, a type of rock found on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. Exotic materials such as this were valued in the Bronze Age. This object is not on display.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Dimension:
- whole diameter 20 mm
- Dimension:
- whole thickness 8 mm
- Field collection date:
- 1975
- Field collection place:
- Dainton (1975)
- Field collection place:
- Dainton
- Field collection place:
- Newton Abbot
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Field collector:
- Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology (archaeological contractor)
- Material:
- stone
- Material:
- serpentine
- Object name:
- bead; stone bead with hour-glass perforation; faunal bone assemblage
- Object number:
- 64/1984/237
- Reproduction number:
- 64-1984-237.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Antiquities
- Responsible department/section:
- Devon archaeology
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1dda4490-7798-39df-8abc-31b74fec5374
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1dda4490-7798-39df-8abc-31b74fec5374, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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