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Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Front)
Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Front)
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Coventry, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

AR.1958.23.1

Bone

Standing lady with a hawk on her wrist.

Ashby and Spall 2005: English (?), 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Broken around the lower part.

Provenance
Found during excavations for the foundations for the present museum site in 1958.

Bibliography
S. Ashby and C. Spall, 'Artefacts and Environmental Evidence: Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn Objects' Find no. 2770', in Blue Bridge Lane and Fishergate House, York Report on Excavations: July 2000 to July 2002, ed. by C. A. Spall and N. J. Toop (APC online monograph, 2005).
See: http://www.archaeologicalplanningconsultancy.co.uk/mono/001/rep_bone_obj.html [consulted 09/09/2014].


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