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Description: | A sub-triangular strap-end with cast front plate which has integrally cast extended zoomorphic terminal in the shape of a bird/hawk with folded wings and fan tail, the tail is at the outer end of the object and the head forms a raised decorative feature on the body of the strap end itself; interestingly the extended terminal is approximately two and a half times the length of the triangular portion which would have held the strap. The bird is well defined with moulded and engraved decoration representing the facial features, wings and fanned tail which is reminiscent of a scallop shell. The reverse of the zoomorphic end is solid and was cast-in-one piece with the front of the triangular part, which has a small sub-triangular back-plate; there are no fixing apertures evident. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1350
1450 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rhiannon Harte | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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