IMPLEMENT MADE FROM A STAG'S ANTLER.
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The antler, as will be seen from the illustration, has a hole
at the base for suspension—not for hafting—this hole has not
been drilled with a drilling tool but cut out and scraped round as
if with some imperfect instrument. The upper chisel-shaped
end has been cut and rubbed to shape; it is lustrous black in
colour and very finely and irregularly striate. At the back of the
Implement of Stag's Antler, from Wormingford.
[One-third natural size]
chisel-surface at the right hand of the left hand figure, to 13/4 in.
down from the top, the Surface is transversely, regularly and finely
striate as if from contact with some gritty quickly revolving
material. Its weight is 1lb. 7oz.