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Description: | Cast copper alloy hollow-backed mount in the form of a human face in refief. Well defined features, slit mouth with possible moustache defined by slanting grooves to either side eminating from beneath the nose. A pair of short protrusions from the chin resembles a forked beard. Drilled 'dimple' on top lip, well defined oval eyes and eyebrows with drilled pupils. The ornate hair comprises a central 'quiff' and sides standing proud of the head and defined by curving incised grooves. The face has been drilled on the left hand side with a 3mm diameter hole. It also appears that the right eye has been partially drilled. This suggests the mount may have been re-used or re-attached.
The back of the mount is hollow with a rim around its top beneath the hair that effectively straightened the mount when attached to a vertical surface.
The object is likely to have been attached to a bronze vessel for decoration. | 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: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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