reaping.glove

Wooden 'reaping hand' used when shearing with a hook. Colour: brown. Shape: pin, narrow wing, 4 holes, oval.

L: 218 mm W: 50 mm

West Macedonia

Hasluck, Margaret

wood

Urns were the dominant type of pottery used in burials, usually of a cremated body, during the early Bronze Age, about 1450-1250BC. They are found both in cemeteries and as secondary burials in barrows, often with the base uppermost, and may be accompanied by other grave goods. An urn is tall with a flat, often very narrow base, and may be decorated. There are two separate urn traditions, collared and cordoned urns. This is a large, substantial Secondary Series, Form IA collared urn. Although incomplete, the collar and neck can be clearly distinguished, and body tapers towards the base, which is missing. The urn is undecorated. The urn comes from Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, and it contained a cremation.

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