File:A Post Medieval zoomorphic knife handle, made from animal skeletal material (bone or ivory), dating to the late 16th century. (FindID 501021).jpg

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A Post Medieval zoomorphic knife handle, made from animal skeletal material (bone or ivory), dating to the late 16th century.
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Museum of London, Kate Sumnall, 2012-05-02 12:03:52
Title
A Post Medieval zoomorphic knife handle, made from animal skeletal material (bone or ivory), dating to the late 16th century.
Description
English: A Post Medieval zoomorphic knife handle, made from animal skeletal material (bone or ivory), dating to the late 16th century. This knife handle tapers towards the socket for the knife; it is oval in cross-section and the terminal is carved to form a three-dimensional zoomorphic head, probably depicting a horse. The handle is hollowed to approximately half-way along its length to accommodate the tang of the knife. Part of the socket and part of the zoomorphic terminal is broken and missing. The body of the handle is decorated with bands of 3 parallel lines. Of the zoomorphic head the neck, mouth and mane are surviving. The detail on the head is marked by carved lines, for example, one diagonal line marks the jaw and the mane is depicted by a series of transverse short lines. The head is also decorated with two ring and dot motifs on each side of the head; one on the side of the face and one on the neck.

This knife handle fits within the panoply of this kind of carving for the late 16th century. T is similar in style to LON-A2DDE5 and LVPL-088561 although both are anthropomorphic rather than zoomorphic.

Dimensions: length: 61.20mm; width at the widest part: 14.27mm; thickness: 7.87mm; weight: 5.94g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 1550 and 1600
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 501021
Old ref: LON-0F1E28
Filename: Benbow - BN handle - Jan 12.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/379808
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/379808/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/501021
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Object location51° 30′ 38.16″ N, 0° 05′ 50.8″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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