Box containing 32 carved wooden balls, generally similar but some of slightly varying sizes. There are no signs of holes for suspension, indicating these are possible game pieces, perhaps marbles. Numerous cracks run across the surface of each example.
Balls (32)
Diameter: 1.75 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville
Accession number: E.GA.4303.1943
Primary reference Number: 58761
Oldadmincategory: MW
GayerAnderson: IX.153
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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