Morvah's Lair
The hoard of Morvah is a late Bronze Age (1000 to 750 BC) hoard found in 1884 in Cairnmorvah, near Carne Farm, about 800 m north of the Chûn Quoit in Morvah, a municipality in Penwith on the north-west coast of Cornwall in England , was found during the extraction of building materials.
The hoard consists of six large bracelets, three of which have distinctive trumpet-like ends and engraved geometric motifs. These three bracelets are shaped according to the tradition of Irish bracelets from this period and could have been made in Ireland or from Irish gold. The tin trade might have made it into Cornwall. In contrast to the three decorated bracelets, the other three bracelets have a simpler design. This type is often found in southern Britain, but there are few examples from Ireland.
The bracelets are now in the British Museum and, along with other hoards (gold hoards from Cheryl Straffon, Harlyn Bay, Rillaton Barrow , Rosemorran, St Martins and St Michael's Mount), are a reminder of how wealthy Cornwall was in prehistoric times.
The hoard was part of the Treasures of the World's Cultures exhibition , which was shown in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea from 2003 to 2007. In 2009, the bangles came to Canada and Spain with the exhibition.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Morvah Hoard . The Museum of the World, British Museum & Google Cultural Institute, accessed October 25, 2019.
- ^ Alessia Murgia, Martina Melkonian, Benjamin W. Roberts: European Bronze Age Gold in the British Museum . British Museum, London, 2014.
- ↑ Cheryl Straffon: Golden treasures from Cornwall's past . Meyn Mamvro, accessed October 25, 2019.
- ↑ Penannular bracelet, registration number: 1885,0613.3 , British Museum online catalog, accessed October 25, 2019.
literature
- Della Hook, Stuart P. Needham: A comparison of recent analyzes of British Late Bronze Age goldwork with Irish parallels. Jewelery Studies, 3, 3, pp. 15-24, 1989.
Web links
- Description Engl. and image , Google Arts and Culture, accessed October 25, 2019.