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Description: | A fragment of a copper-alloy possible terminal collar from a cross-staff, possibly late early medieval or medieval in date.Cross-staff heads were described as sword-pommels in the London Museum Medieval catalogue ( Ward and Perkins, p23, fig,2) but they have more recently been identified as cross-staff heads by Simon Bailey (Medieval Archaeology, 1994, 171-5, no 30). They are thought to have an ecclesiastical use, and a date range from the eleventh to fourteenth centuries. It is not known with certainty whether these terminal were postioned at the top or the bottom of the staff but later medieval illustrations show the use of sceptres with lower terminals. Further more complete examples can be seen on the PAS database at Finningham, Suffolk see SF-E1DB04, see also BUC-5F9404 and BH-B64636 and SF-A69D93. The all have a spherical open work terminal and a cylindrical collar, to accomodate the staff shaft.This fragment is cylindrical and measures c18.89mm in diameter and 12.50mm in surviving height. The lower edge is thicker than the sides and there are two opposing very worn probably zoomorphic heads projecting from it. Above the lower edge there are four circular holes, possibly fixing holes, two adjacent holes on either side. The cylindrical collar then has the base of open work holes which are triangular in shape, the rest of these and the rest of the object is missing due to old breaks. The copper-alloy is a reddish brown, very similar to other late Anglo-Saxon objects, such as stirrup strap mounts and terminals.
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