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Description: | Cast copper alloy possible strap fitting from the late Medieval- Post-Medieval period.The object is cast in the form of a jester's head, moulded in high-relief. It has lentoid eyes with a sub-triangular nose and a horizontal groove representing the mouth. The head has a tight hood which forms a border around the face. The only decoration on the hood is a central knop which protrudes over the forehead. This represents a lock of hair curling upwards. There are two pointed, vertical ears protruding from either upper 'corners' of the head. The ears are defined by a lentoid shaped cell with a 'V' shaped profile. The reverse of the ears are flush with the reverse of the object. Integral to the upper edge of the head is a small sub-rectangular protrusion which is broken. It is not certain whether this protrusion was originally a mounting point or further decoration. The break is not recent as the abraded red/brown surface covers the break. Integral to the lower edge of the head are three protrusions. The central protrusion, which is a vertical decorative mounting point, is sub-rectangular with a teardrop shaped protrusion at the end. This has a circular hole in the centre of it. Either side of this central protrusion is another linear protrusion which is semi-circular in section and terminates with a globular knop. These knops are probably meant to represent dangling bells. The reverse of the object is hollow.
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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