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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1986.65.4151 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name handle, knife handle Description A bone knife handle with the remains of an iron blade. The handle is composed of an iron tang, which has been pushed into a groove made into part of a long bone. The tang only sits half way down the handle and is held in place by two iron rivets. Below the last rivet a V has been incised into the bone on one side. The handle is broken in two. The blade is corroded and incomplete Production period Medieval, Modern Material bone, metal Dimensions width: 28.00 mm handle length: 111.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1986.65.4151
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

handle, knife handle
Description

A bone knife handle with the remains of an iron blade. The handle is composed of an iron tang, which has been pushed into a groove made into part of a long bone. The tang only sits half way down the handle and is held in place by two iron rivets. Below the last rivet a V has been incised into the bone on one side. The handle is broken in two. The blade is corroded and incomplete
Production period

Medieval, Modern
Material

bone, metal
Dimensions

Details