RecordWooden bowl found in a peat moss< 1 of 1 > Back From Airds, Ness, Lewis
Wooden bowl found in a peat mossThis wooden bowl was found in a peat moss at Airds at Ness in Shetland. It was carved out of a solid piece of driftwood, sometime between 420 and 100 BC. Even though few trees grew in the Northern Isles, driftwood provided the raw material for objects. The bowl is unfinished and clearly shows the marks from the tools used to carve it from the driftwood. Wood was plentiful and early people used it skilfully, employing a range of axes and other tools for different tasks. Wooden objects survive only where conditions are favourable, and few therefore survive to indicate the range of objects made. Record detailsTo search on related items, click any linked text below.
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