Wooden model ard
- Accession Number
- EC291
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Types
- Model, Tool | Implements and utensils, Agricultural equipment, Plough
- Material
- Wood
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Measurements
- Length: 313mm | Width: 206mm | Depth: 8mm
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- Description
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A wooden model ard (a type of plough). Such items were placed in tombs. The fact that this item is very thin makes it unlikely that it was a functional item. Instead it would have been used in rituals. It was purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1928.
- Wellcome Number
- A66032
- Auction
- Sotheby & Co.: 12–13 Nov 1928, Lot 375
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
