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Description: | An inverted pear-shaped cast copper-alloy object which forms a frame for a centrally positioned face on the obverse. At the wider top end of the object is an oval-ended protrusion At the bottom of the 'pear' (the narrower part) is a flared tri-lobed protrusion. The central 'lobe' is slightly longer than the two either side. The face follows the shape of pear-shaped body. On top of the face is hair which has been pulled up into a central top knot which divides into two equal sections which curl outwards. The hair is represented as being drawn together by a oval ornament. There a traces of gilding on the obverse. The reverse is flat with two attachments, each positioned about 1/4 of the way down the object at both ends of the object. | 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: | 1300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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