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Bronze model of a human head Iron Age, about 50-20 BC From Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England Museum number: P&EE 1911,1208.5 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/b/bronze_model_of_a_human_head.aspx Copper alloy coin of Cunobelin King in eastern England. c. AD 10 Museum number: (C&M coin) R.8527 http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3062848&partId=1&museumno=R.8527&page=1
Detail showing human face on bucket handle, part of the finds from a cremation burial Iron Age, 75-25 BC Found at Aylesford Cemetery, outside Maidstone, Kent, England (1886) Museum number: P&EE 1886,1112.3 Image of the complete bucket on the right. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/f/late_iron_age_burial_finds.aspx
Fragment from a decorated torc Iron Age, around 75 BC Found at Ken Hill, Snettisham, Norfolk, England Museum number: P&EE 1991,0407.40 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/f/gold_decorated_torc_fragment.aspx Decorated bronze mirror Iron Age, 50 BC - AD 50 Probably from a cremation burial at Aston, Hertfordshire, England Museum number: P&EE 1979,1002.1 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/d/decorated_bronze_mirror-1.aspx
Traces of clothing Iron Age, about 300-100 BC From Grave BF20, Burton Flemming, East Yorkshire, England Museum number: P&EE 1978,1202.37 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/t/traces_of_clothing.aspx
Spinning and weaving tools Iron Age, 800 BC-AD 50 From England Museum number: 1988,0409.5 (photograph of whole group) http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/s/spinning_and_weaving_tools.aspx
Antler weaving comb Iron Age, 300-100 BC Danebury, Hampshire, England Museum number: P&EE 1852,0812.1 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/a/antler_weaving_comb.aspx Bone needle Iron Age, 500-100 BC From Little Woodbury, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Museum number: P&EE 1939,1011.151 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/b/bone_needle.aspx
Women's and girls' jewellery Iron Age, 400-200 BC From Britain Museum numbers: P&EE 1879,1209.534 - bracelet 1879,1209.53 9 - bracelet 1926,0313.12 – finger ring 1975,0401.5 – bow brooch 1978,1202.16 – bracelet (photograph of all items) http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/w/women_and_girls_jewellery.aspx
The Winchester hoard Iron Age, about 75-25 BC From Hampshire, southern England Museum number: P&EE 2001,0901.1 (to .10) Reconstruction drawing showing how the hoard may have been worn http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/t/the_winchester_hoard.aspx
(left) Decorated bronze mirror Iron Age, 50 BC - AD 50 From Desborough, Northamptonshire, England Museum number: P&EE 1924,0109.1 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/d/decorated_bronze_mirror.aspx (right) Decorated bronze mirror Iron Age, 100-1 BC From Trelan Bahow, St Keverne, Cornwall, England P&EE 1873,1011.1 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/d/a_decorated_bronze_mirror.aspx
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