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Description: | A copper alloy object, possibly a medieval or post medieval buckle frame. The object is broadly rectangular in plan, with rounded corners, although at one end the longer sides converge slightly beyond a transverse rounded swelling on each side. The swelling is most notable on one of the longer sides. The frame is oval in section, with the shorter portion which runs between the two swellings being very slightly narrower. In profile, the object is broadly flat. The object is 26.0 long, 16.4mm wide (16.9mm across the swellings), and approximately 2.7mm thick (from front to back) on the thicker sections of the frame (excluding the swelling). The object has a mass of 2.52g. In "Dress Accessories 1150-1450", Egan (1991: 50) points out: "Diversity in form, decoration in material is a feature of buckles from all periods, because these ubiquitous functional accessories present a modest opportunity for fashionable expression at virtually every level of society." Egan (ibid.) adds that buckles could be used in completely different contexts, e.g. on clothing, chests, and shoes. Based on its form, the object could possibly be a medieval or post medieval buckle frame.
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