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Description: | Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy strapend, 40mm long and 25mm wide. The object is in good condition with a dark green patina. The object is largely rectangular with a rounded end and scalloped edges. At its base it has a recessed rectangular section with traces of a rivet in each corner. The main body has foliate decoration, perhaps the tree of life? which scrolls upwards and outwards. In the middle, on either side of the main branches are four small cut-away areas. Above these are two more small recessed cells. Amongst the foliage, either side of the centre, are two round protrusions which may be animal heads? The whole decoration terminates with a semi-spherical protrusion just above the small recessed areas.Reference in Kershaw (2008, 258, 261; fig. 3). It is noted (ibid.) that this piece has gilding, though this is not apparent from the record or from the image: no further fields have been filled in to this effect therefore (R Webley 28/01/14)
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