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„ 10. Pin, perhaps of .1 fibula, 2>\m. 

 „ 18. Bracelet of two strands of twisted wire, with 

 hook fastening, Ifin. diameter. This could 

 only have fitted the wrist of a small child. A 

 similar one is figured by Geu. Pitt-Rivers, 

 from Bokerly Dyke. Excavations, vol. III., 

 PI. clxxv. 

 In addition a piece of very thin sheet bronze, 6^in. long, perfectly 

 plain, was found, roughly squeezed or rolled together. 



Bone Objects. 



No. 13. Bone, bored hollow (metatarsus of sheep ?) , cut 

 off at both ends, 2^in. long. Gen. Pitt-Rivers 

 figures a similar article from the Romano- 

 British village at Rotherley in Excavations, 

 vol. II. , rl. exvii. He suggests that it may 

 have been used as a bobbin in a shuttle, as 

 such bones are used still in the Hebrides. 

 „ 19. Button? 2^in. x fin., of thin bone, worked flat 

 on both sides, pointed at the ends, the edges 

 sharpened, with two holes ^in. apart drilled 

 through the centre. 

 „ 14. Square article, lin. across, edges rounded, roughly 

 flattened on inside — the outside has the slight 

 natural curve of the bone. May be a counter 

 for some game. Two circular disks found at 

 Rotherley are figured by Gen. Pitt-Rivers in 

 Excavations, vol. III., PI. clxxiv. Four small 

 square counters found in barrow No, 20 on 

 Lake Down are figured in Ancient Wilts, vol. 

 I., PL sxxi. 

 ^ « 20. Six gouges ? or parts of ditto, formed by slicing 



ofi" to a point the metatarsal bone of a sheep ; 

 the knuckle end of three of them being 

 pierced with a hole for convenience of 



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