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Description: | Pinhead which is Sub oval in cross-section 11mm tall, 12mm wide, 10mm thick. The top of the pinhead is flat, the sides are concave resulting in a narrowed waist 6mm wide and the base rapidly narrows to the pin shaft, which is 3mm wide, 22mm long and gradually narrows to the truncated point. The overall dimensions of the pin are 34mm long by, 12mm wide, 10mm thick. The artefact is made of copper alloy and has a heavily pitted mid green surface where corrosion has removed the original layer. There appear to be two small circular studs in the centre of the top of the pinhead 1mm diameter, these are now truncated to the same level as the surface of the head but may have originally been a mount for a figure or bust.
A similar example, all be it made of bone, was found in Colchester and was described as a hairpin with a pedestal based where a figure may have been mounted on the top (Crummy, 1983, 25). | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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