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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable sixteenth century date. The strap fitting measures 36.2mm by 15.3mm by 2.3mm and weighs 4.96g. It is in the form of the profile of a female face and neck, facing right. Her features, including almond-shaped eyes, nose, mouth and braid-like hair, have been incised. Above the head there is a loop which contains the remains of an iron rivet. Below the head is a backwards curving broken loop. By analogy with a close parallel, SUR-296965, from West Horsley, Surrey, this loop would originally have continued upwards, parallel with the head-shaped plate, and would have terminated in a loop which was also held in place by the upper rivet. It would have been mounted on a strap, with the lower loop for suspension. | 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
1599 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Naomi Payne | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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