Note 240 — Chapter XX · OCCUPATIONS AND SPORTS OF MEN.
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Among the objects belonging to that find which are preserved in the Old-northern Museum of Copenhagen, were:—
A small (2¾ inches long) anvil of iron of the shape common at the present day.
A heavy iron hammer, 6 inches long, of similar shape to those now in use.
A pair of iron shears, 10 inches long, like those used for cutting of metal plates.
Three iron files, from 7¼ to 8¾ inches long. The cutting of the files being straight across the length of the file. Similar files have been found in the Vimose bog find.
An iron chisel, 5½ inches long.
Soldering spoons of iron, containing remains of a very hard melted metal, which, on examination, has been found to be a whitish alloy of base metals.
Seven fragmentary pieces of scales.
Two bronze bells.
An iron axe, 6 inches long.
A 4½-inch long iron point for an arrow or spear.
An iron spike, 7½ inches long, with head.
An iron key, 5 inches long.
An iron buckle, in which the pin is wanting.
A mass of fragments of iron mountings.
Several fragments of bronze plates covered with thin silver-foil, and of bronze mountings, and thin bronze wire; also lumps of melted bronze.
Three small fragments of bone; the largest piece has snake ornaments engraved on it.