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) | 1929,1017.569 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.565 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.564 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.563 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.479 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.306 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1933,1013.54 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1933,1013.51 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1933,1013.49 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.103 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0112.28 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,1003.85 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,1003.84 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1009.248 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1009.240 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1009.236 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1009.251 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1009.374 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1009.364 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1009.363 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1009.362 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1009.352 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1009.351 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.120 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.76 | (none) | (none) |
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