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Description: | Small copper-alloy mount in the shape of an animal head, perhaps a wolf. Hollow on the reverse, it has two perforations for eyes in the centre and a third similarly sized rivet hole above. The brow, through which the third rivet hole passes, is cross-hatched, and there is an upright ear to either side. Each ear is emphasised by a groove. The brow is roughly rectangular and is divided from the rest of the head by a groove. The face then tapers to a triangular nose, below which is an open mouth with slightly damaged jaws. The mount is reminiscent of the more common crowned-head mounts which appear to have been used on belts and perhaps other straps during the medieval period. | Subjects: | mount | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Geake, Helen - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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