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This bone pin is one of a number found at Jarlshof in Shetland. It was used as a dress pin or hairpin, sometime between 500 and 850.

The pin has a ball head.

Ball-headed pins are a common type of pin from Pictish settlements. They occur in bone and bronze, and in fact, the bone pins appear to have been pressed into clay moulds, to serve as models for bronze casting.

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• Online ID: 000-100-042-257-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.HSA 19
• Date: Between 500 and 850
  
• Material: Bone; globular head
  Pin, dress / hairpin
  
• Dimensions: 3.00" L
  
• What: Pin, dress / hairpin
  
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• Where: Scotland, Shetland, Sumburgh, Jarlshof
  
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• Description: Dress pin or hairpin of bone with a ball head, from Jarlshof, Shetland
  
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