Pins
This category includes straight objects used for fastening cloth.
Pins are straight pieces of metal with a pointed end. Woolley lists 8 types of pins based on their style. Woolley's type 1 are straight pins, pierced or unpierced with a ball head of material other than metal. Woolley's type 2 has a knobby head of metal. Type 3 is a pin with a domed head of metal. Type 4 has a rolled head. Type 5 has a flattened and rolled head to hold feathers, and is listed as a hairpin in our typology. Type 6 has anthro/zoomorphic figures on the head. Type 7 has a bent head sometimes with stone beads at the end. Type 8 has a rounded head. Pierced pins may have been used to hang toggles or cylinder seals. Pins are mixed between style and period.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.355 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.353 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.460 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1919,1011.5349 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1919,1011.5123 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1919,1011.5056 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1919,1011.5054 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.603 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.600 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.598 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.596 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.594 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.586 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.585 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.581 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.580 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.579 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.578 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.577 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.576 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.575 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.574 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.573 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.571 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.570 | (none) | (none) |
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