hair-pin

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Object Type
Museum number: OA.245
Description: Carved bone hairpin, head in the form of a female bust with elaborate hairstyle.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1stC(late)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: London (England) (?)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 195 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Tait 1976 / Jewellery Through 7000 Years (165); Blurton 1997 / The Enduring Image: Treasures from the British Museum (171); Roman Britain 1964 / Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain (p. 28, fig. 14.9); Hobbs & Jackson 2010 / Roman Britain Life at the Edge of Empire (p. 107, fig. 82)
Location: On display (G49/dc11)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2002-2003 25 Oct-16 Mar, Tongeren, Provinciaal Gallo-Romeins Museum, Schone Schijn (Glitter and Glamour) 1998 9 Feb-3 May, India, Mumbai, Sir Caswasjee Jahangir Hall, The Enduring Image 1997 13 Oct-1998 5 Jan, India, New Delhi, National Museum, The Enduring Image
Previous owner
Acquisition notes: Adhesive label reads 'Presumably Lucas Collection"
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: OA.245

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