Pin or needle

Details

• Title

  Pin or needle

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › West Oxfordshire District › Standlake parish › Standlake Down Anglo-Saxon cemetery (from an inhumation) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Anglo-Saxon Period (AD 400 - 1066)

• Material and technique

  copper alloy

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy

• Object type

  production/replication › textile crafts › needlework equipment › needle;

  miscellaneous equipment › fastener › pin

• Dimensions

  9.2 cm (length)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased from C J Manning in 1921, from the collection of Mr Percy Manning.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1921.1113

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