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Image Not Available for E25 Leather Strap and Fragments
E25 Leather Strap and Fragments
Image Not Available for E25 Leather Strap and Fragments

E25 Leather Strap and Fragments

Datemid 17th-early 18th Century
Object NameLeather Strap and Fragments
Mediumleather
ClassificationsArchaeology Excavated
DimensionsOverall (Length x Width): 60 x 14 mm,
Overall (Length x Width): 85 x 38 mm,
Overall (Length x Width): 72 x 35 mm,
AcquisitionTransferred from the Scottish Development Department.
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS028481.17
About MeSite number: E25
Site name: 45-75 Gallowgate
Small find number: 281.32
Context number: 162
Trench number: 4
Feature number: 156 (drain)
Phase number: 4b
Sample number:
Lab number: 870001.32
Catalogue number: 607 ('Aberdeen: An In-depth View of the City's Past')

Short length of strap of single thickness, with two short, torn edges and two long cut edges, one of which is mostly worn away. Row of short grain-flesh slits, Length = c 1.5, W = 0.5mm, parallel to each long edge. Cattlehide?

There is also a irregular shaped piece of leather with torn edges and almost split into two sections with a thin strip with stitching holes attached to one. There is a very small triangular fragment, with two stitching holes to one side and a thin strip of leather curved into a C-shape.