000-100-103-184-C © National Museums Scotland |
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Bowl
This wooden bowl was found on Talisker Moor on Skye. It was carved sometime between 15 and 385 AD from a single piece of alder from a tree around 30 cm in diameter.
The incomplete oval round-bottomed bowl, pictured here tilted with its belly uppermost, has perforated vertical handles. The outside is ornamented with decorative.
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000-100-103-184-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland X.IP 4 |
Date: |
15 - 385 AD Between 15 and 385 AD
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Material: |
Wood, alder; handled; decorative knife and gouge marks on exterior
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Dimensions: |
120 mm H (reconstructed); 200 rim Dia (reconstructed)
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What: |
Bowl, lugged
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Who: |
M.E. Graham (Finder)
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Where: |
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Skye, Talisker Moor
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Description: |
Handled bowl of alder with decorative knife and gouge marks on exterior, from Talisker Moor, Skye, 15 - 385 AD
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References: |
- Barber, J. A wooden bowl from Talisker Moor, Skye PSAS CXII (1982), 578-79
- Barker, J. 1982 'A wooden bowl from Talisker Moor, Skye', PSAS 112 (1982) 578-9
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