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Description: | Cast copper alloy snake form belt hook, including one cast copper alloy strap fitting with a lion's head. There are traces of gilding remaining on both segments of the object. The strap fitting has an oval-planned body, domed, with a moulded lion's head set in border of incised, slanting lines. There is a rectangular tag for attaching a strap to one side of the head. The other side has an integral loop, at a perpendicular angle to the face; one snake's head passes through this loop to form an anchor, the other head being the means of fastening and unfastening. The snake is double-headed, with a raised band around the centre. The heads are pointed, with eyes; there is a band of decoration to either side of the raised central band.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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