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Carter No.: 333

Handlist description: Chariot and whip

Card/Transcription No.: 333-02


Note for Chariots 332 & 333.
(No scale.)

<> gold gold gold blue represents the leather covering. front open gold

Sketch of body to show (approximately) the details of the leather covering that were upon the bodies of the Chariots Nos. 332 & 333. From the few fragments that remain of this leather covering show that it was highly coloured & decorated. The sheet gold & bark decoration upon the parts of the upper frame work, suggest that the above was the form the leather took.

Card no. 333-02 relating to Carter no. 333
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