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Miniature bow of antler

Findspot: 
Isleham, Cambridgeshire
Period: 
Date: 
Bronze Age, 1700 - 1600 BC
Material: 
Antler
Dimensions: 
L. 45cm

Miniature bow shaped from red deer antler. Found in a pit at a Bronze Age settlement, archaeologists don’t fully understand why it was deposited there.

Collection information

Collection: 
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
Accession No: 
1997.11

Exhibition details

Catalogue number: 
33

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