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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy folding clasp component. The fragment is the decorated portion of the usually rectangular frame. The decoration occurs along one narrow edge. The decoration occurs on an obliquely angled frame edge and consists of the upper portion of a human face. The eyes are conical cells with a prominent high-relief linear nose between. The eyebrows are formed by two grooves. Either side of the face there is a slender rectangular vertical block which may present hair. There is a vertical groove between the eyebrows giving the face a worried expression. The reverse of the face is obliquely angled and flat. The sides of the decoration taper to continue into the sides of the frame. Once the frame has tapered the frame is broken, these breaks are recent. The frame has a matte green/grey coloured patina. It measures 13.83mm long and 17.22mm wide. It weighs 3.1g. 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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