Ring carved from shale
code: LVSAV1985.052
Collection code:
LVSAV1985.052
File type:
Museum objects
Collection:
Topics:
Shale Carvings
Description
Finger ring carved from Dunnet shale seam in Breich Pit 1944/5.
Good quality oil shale was glossy, black and the consistency of hard leather. It could easily be carved with a knife and shale workers sometime made novelties from it in their spare time