Record ID: NARC-5DEF37
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Late Bronze Age 'bag-shaped' dagger scabbard chape. The object has a rounded end. Because it is abraded at the attachment end it is hard to discern whether or not the 'body' of the chape would have continued up with straight sides. There are six aligned circular perforations near the point of the old break, three on either side. A couple of these chapes are listed in O'Connor (1980, 190-191; ref. 161). They are associated with the 'carp's tongue complex' of south-east England and date to the Ewart Park metalworking phase.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
Spatial data recorded.