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Description: | A copper-alloy probable early post medieval circa 16th century end cap from a knife. This end cap is unusual as it is in the form of a three dimensional human head, for which no published parallel could be found.
It measures 28.30mm in length, 9.51mm in width and 8.04mm in tihckness. The head is facing forward and is oval in shape, it is wearing a bonnet like head-dress, which projects to a rounded temrinal from the top of the head and has a flat back face. The eyes are small circular indentations, the nose protrudes and is triangular and the mouth is a horizontal line. The chin is square. The neck is also oval in shape and flares into a rectangular part, with an oval cross-section, which is decorated on its front face with a V-shaped groove and on its back face with diagonal lines. There is a slot across the underside of this rectangular part, which contains the corroded iron remains of the tang of a knife. | 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: | 1500
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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