Belt ring & wristguard

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These two objects are archery equipment. The cannel coal belt ring from near Craigiehall in Perthshire was probably from a quiver belt, while the stone wristguard from Fyrish at Evanton in Ross-shire protected the archer's wrists from the bowstring.

The belt ring is circular, with complex holes in one side for attaching it to a belt. The other end of the belt would have passed through it. The wristguard would have been attached to a leather strap, fixing it to the wrist.

Around 2500 BC, a new archery kit was adopted in Scotland from continental Europe, along with prestige items such as the domestic horse and decorated drinking pots. A new type of bow, short and curving, was used as well as new accessories such as these.

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• Online ID: 000-100-036-641-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FN 123
• Date: Belt ring: between 2300 and 1600 BC; wristguard: between 2300 and 1800 BC
  Bronze Age
  Bronze Age
  
• Material: Jet; square in section
  Stone, greenish, hard; cross section curved; polished; perforated at each corner
  Bracer
  Ring, pulley belt
  
• Dimensions: 4.50" x 1.25"
  
• What: Bracer
  Ring, pulley belt
  
• Subject:
• Who: Duns Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Perthshire, Craigiehall
  Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Kiltearn, Evanton, Fyrish
  
• Event:
• Description: Bronze Age bracer of polished hard greenish stone perforated at each corner, from Fyrish, Evanton
  Bronze Age jet pulley belt ring, from a cist near Craigiehall, Perthshire
  
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