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Description: | A cast copper alloy folding clasp component. The clasp frame is a sub-rectangle in plan. The strap bar is a sub-square in section and slightly narrowed. The edge opposite the strap bar has a cast integral face, with the fringe of the hair forming the interior edge. The eyebrows are formed by a pair of obliquely angles lines; '\\ //', the nose is a sub-triangular in high-relief, and the holes are two circular perforations. The fringe is represented by radiating linear grooves. The reverse of the face is hollow. The sides of the clasp are slightly convex on the exterior and concave on the interior. The frame has a matte green/grey coloured patina. It measures 27.16mm long and 16.48mm wide. It weighs 2.35g. In Egan and Pritchard (Egan G. and Pritchard F. 2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) there is a similar clasp (No. 568) dated to the 13th to mid 14th centuries.
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