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Description: | Possibly part of a chatelaine. A circular-section copper-alloy rod 3 mm in diameter, with each end flattened and pierced. The centre is also flattened and pierced. Although the rod is now bent out of shape, it appears that there was an original sharp bend down to each flattened pierced part. One half is now bent round in a circle, and the other half is straightened out. If the rod is turned on its side (looking at the flat parts in section) decoration can be seen, consisting of a transverse groove with three oblique grooves to either side. This motif occurs three times, twice between the three piercings and once (as 7 little nicks) around the central piercing. This decoration can only be seen on one side, and no trace can be seen on the top, bottom or other side, so it seems unlikely that it has worn off these other sides. The part that is bent round in a circle, with decoration and two flattened pierced ends, looks much like a 'strap loop' of the kind found attaching straps to chatelaines (rings or chains carrying small tools on the belt) in seventh-century Anglo-Saxon women's graves. The main difference is that these tend to have the decoration nearer the ends, and that the ends tend to have two rivet holes for stability. It doesn't look like anything else that I've ever seen, so even though I'm not sure what the straightened-out rod part might have been used for, I will stick with this identification. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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