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Drawings showing artefacts from the East Broch of Burray, Orkney.
DP 297935
Description Drawings showing artefacts from the East Broch of Burray, Orkney.
Date c. 1860
Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number DP 297935
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of DC 63613
Scope and Content Undated pen and wash sketches on page 8 in sketchbook by George Petrie. The page originally had sketches of 6 objects but two have been cut out, of which one survives as a loose fragment. There is a faint pencil plan of the East Broch of Burray on the transparent sheet between this page and the last, which confirms the provenance of these finds. Spoked antler object, spindle whorl, fragment of composite bone comb, pedestal pot.
Accession Number 1975/12
External Reference SAS 487 (3)
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1793785
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