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Object Number 40-77-40/10008
Display Title Pin
Descriptions
Object Description Fragmentary bronze pin; shaft widens to accomodate a hole then narrows before finally broadening to form a wide head, flat on top; around the hole an incised herringbone pattern, bordered above and below by parallel incised lines; of Middle Bronze Age character. 5.2 x 1 cm.
Inventory Description Metal, domestic, pin fragment, head only, flared flat head, incised, perforated
Classification
  • Pin
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle Bronze Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Austria / Oberosterreich / <County> / <City> / Hallstatt
Intrasite Isolated finds
Materials Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 5.3 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm (2 1/16 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-77-40/10008
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1907)

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