Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round but lower relief on the back.

Object Condition
Missing: piece in the lower part of the handle, at the back; head of the hawk.
At the base of the reverse, incision 20mm in length with a rectangular section and traces of iron staining.
Dark brown tone possibly due to extended immersion in marshland.

Provenance
Found at Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire; donated to the Museum in 1932.

Bibliography
M. Howe, 'A mediaeval knife handle from Crowland, Lincolnshire', in Medieval Archaeology XXVII (1983), pp. 146-150, fig. 4.
M. A. Hall, 'An Ivory Knife Handle from the High Street, Perth, Scotland: Consuming Ritual in a Medieval Burgh', in Medieval Archaeology 45 (2001), pp. 169-188 (p. 176).
S. Ashby and C. Spall, 'Artefacts and Environmental Evidence: Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn Objects' Find no. 2770', in Blue Bridge Lane and Fishergate House, York Report on Excavations: July 2000 to July 2002, ed. by C. A. Spall and N. J. Toop (APC online monograph, 2005).
See: http://www.archaeologicalplanningconsultancy.co.uk/mono/001/rep_bone_obj.html [consulted 09/09/2014].