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Description: | Medieval copper alloy figurative strap fitting, 32mm long, 18mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 4.34 grams. The object consists of a slightly bowed rectangular frame which has a wide plate at one of its short ends. This plate is decorated in the form of a crowned face, with triangular eyes and nose and a V shaped chin. Most of the crown is missing in this example but it has traces of part of a scalloped edge. This type of fitting would have worked like a buckle but instead of a pin for a corresponding set of holes, it had a metal fitting which would slide into this frame and be held in place by it.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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