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Description: | Cast copper alloy strap end decorated with a Trewhiddle style animal. This is truncated as the upper, bifurcated part of the strap end is missing. The animal is highly stylised but appears to have been shown with its head looking back over its shoulder. Two feet are suggested; one with two toes, the other with one. The design was incised into the surface of the strap end and then inlaid with a black material, probably niello. The edges of the object are decorated with a series of notches. As is usual the strap end terminated with a stylised animal's head, its nose being suggested behind which are two crescentic ears, separated by a longitudinal bar. Between the ears and the nose are two cresents, inlaid with niello. Unusually, the back of the strap end bears traces of iron corrosion products and a small area of 1.0mm thick iron.
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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