Bast and string

Details

• Title

  Bast and string

• Associated place

  Europe › Switzerland › Zürich › Pfaffikersee › Robenhausen (Pfäffikersee) (place of excavation)

  Europe › Switzerland (place of excavation)

• Date

  Neolithic Period (central Europe) (c. 5500 - c. 1800 BC)

• Material and technique

  fibre

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre

• Object type

  textile

• Dimensions

  2.5 cm (width)
  8 cm (length)
  10 cm (length)

• No. of items

  23

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1927.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1927.5175

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