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Description: | Two cast copper alloy rods, both with an attachment loop at each end. One measures 49.62mm long, 4.60mm wide, 4.18mm thick and weighs 4.44 grams. The other rod is 50.78mm long, 4.35mm wide, 4.38mm thick and weighs 5.24 grams. Despite the slight difference in size both rods are of the same form. They both have a circular cross section, which is widest in the centre, and narrows each end towards the attachment loop. Iron corrosion, from the remains of iron fittings, is present in each of the attachment loops. Both of the rods are worn with no traces of decoration. The artefacts have a dull pale green-yellow colouration, with orange-red iron corrosion partially extending down their length. The two finds were found in close proximity to each other. They are possibly the arms of an Anglo-Saxon chatelaine. Several chatelaine arms would have been attached to a pendant via an iron rod, which may explain the iron corrosion in the suspension loops. For an example of how these arms may have been attached see the image from record KENT-966793, a chatelaine with two arms still attached.
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