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Beads of cannel coal

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From Lanarkshire

Postcard of Beads of cannel coal.
000-100-035-710-C
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Beads of cannel coal

These six cannel coal beads were found in a burial mound somewhere in Lanarkshire along with three amber beads. They were probably produced locally, imitating the imported amber beads, sometime between 2450 and 2000 BC.

The beads, like the amber examples also found, are in the form of miniature battle axes, a symbol of power in the late third and second millennium BC,

The only significant source of good quality jet occurs around Whitby in Yorkshire, although jet-related substances like cannel coal and lignite are known from several places in Scotland. Jet was used in the Bronze Age for high status objects.


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Online ID: 000-100-035-710-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EQ 116
Date: Between 2450 and 2000 BC
Material: Jet; in form of a perforated stone hammer head
Jet; in form of a perforated stone hammer head
Jet; in form of a perforated stone hammer head
Jet; in form of a perforated stone hammer head
Jet; in form of a perforated stone hammer head
Jet; in form of a perforated stone hammer head
Dimensions:
What: Bead
Bead
Bead
Bead
Bead
Bead
Subject:
Who: Sim Collection
Sim Collection
Sim Collection
Sim Collection
Sim Collection
Sim Collection
Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire
Scotland, Lanarkshire
Scotland, Lanarkshire
Scotland, Lanarkshire
Scotland, Lanarkshire
Scotland, Lanarkshire
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Description: Jet axe-shaped bead from a tumulus in Lanarkshire
Jet axe-shaped bead from a tumulus in Lanarkshire
Jet axe-shaped bead from a tumulus in Lanarkshire
Jet axe-shaped bead from a tumulus in Lanarkshire
Jet axe-shaped bead from a tumulus in Lanarkshire
Jet axe-shaped bead from a tumulus in Lanarkshire
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