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Description: | A cast copper-alloy ornamental cross-staff head mount possibly dating to the eleventh or twelfth century AD. The spherical head possesses an openwork design comprising three joined lozenges. Each lozenge is divided into four triangles with a cross. At each apex on the staff head mount, there is a spherical knop. At one end of the object, there extends a circular section collar. The collar is damaged but four circular section perforations are visible. These perforations will have been used for rivets to fix the head onto a staff. The staff measures 46mm in length. The spherical openwork head has a diameter of 39mm whilst the collar has a diameter of 16mm.Similar examples have been found, mostly notably two artefacts in the Warwickshire Museum collections, found at Wellesbourne and Wixford. The Wellesbourne example is particularly similar and is illustrated in an article written by Simon Bailey, 'Two Copper Alloy Cross-Staff Heads from Warwickshire', in Medieval Archaeology 38 (1994) pages 171-5, fig 3. It has been noted by Bailey that further examples have been found at Dublin, Canterbury, London, Nottingham and Cambridgeshire. The Dublin example was dated to the mid 11th century (c.1020-30) by its archaeological context. The Canterbury example was dated to the end of the 11th century.
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