Bone Utensil Handle Fragments

Twenty-seven bone utensil handle fragments that appear to be from the same utensil. Nine pieces are composite iron and bone, and the remaining are just fragments of bone. The fragmented portions of the tang are extremely rusted. The fragments may or may not be from a single utensil. Also associated is one bag of very small fragments that are too numerous to count.

• Object number

  279.01, 279.02, 279.03, 279.04, 279

• Dimensions

  Thickness 16.22 mm

• Animals/objects

  Utensil

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Composite

• Material

  Iron

  Bone

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Levels 1 and 2 East Side (624.279)

• Forms

  Incomplete