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BRUSH
Unique ID: BH-786C71
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Part of a post-Medieval bone brush.
The sub-rectangular, flat-sectioned head is missing its upper portion. On one of the two wider surfaces, four columns of circular indentations represent points of attachment for the now-missing bristles. The opposite surface has four parallel grooves, aligned longitudinally, around which there is green copper corrosion. This staining is also visible within the broken indentations at the top of the brush. The head tapers into the remaining portion of the straight-sided shaft.
Length: 37.3mm; width: 13.8mm; thickness: 5mm; weight: 2.52g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.3 mm
Width: 13.8 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 2.52 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/89 - 3
Materials and construction
Primary material: Animal skeletal material
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
To be known as: Farnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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