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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy post medieval buckle frame with a zoomorphic projection on the outside edge, missing its axis bar and pin.
The surviving frame is a C in shape, the axis bar fitting between the two ends of the C. Two copper alloy stumps of this remain.
The projection is in the form of an animal with big protruding lips and a heavy brow, possibly a monkey? There is a similar zoomorphic terminal on a knife from East Walton, Norfolk (NMS-56EB11) and Astwick, Bedfordshire (BH-2ED462). Both of these are considered to be a monkey, or possibly a dog. A knife terminal from West Lavington, Wiltshire (WILT-8A0584), displays a zoomorphic head with protruding lips but no brow ridge and a slender neck.
There is a small transverse groove on the brow, presumably for the pin to rest. The underside of the zoomorphic head is slightly hollowed.
The buckle measures 23.6x17.7mm and weighs 3.23g.
Probably 16th century in date. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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