Object photograph·fol. 31r

Metal pins, blades, spearheads and discs

Four panels of metal pins, knives, spearheads and round discs laid out on a cream card mount. — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 31r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

Four rectangular panels of dark metal objects sit side by side on a pale ground inside a cream card mount. The upper left panel holds many thin pins and needles in rows, with a few small rings and hooks. The upper right shows knives, blades and tanged tools in loose groups. The lower left has close rows of spearheads and lance heads, and the lower right holds round disc-shaped objects with short tangs, mostly of similar size.

English

Metal pins, blades, spearheads and discs: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 31r.