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Description: | This is the female part of a hook and eye clothes fastener. The artefact is sub-oval in plan with a cast human face in the centre, possibly a cherub. This is finely detailed with round eyes and an open mouth with a well-defined tongue in the centre. To either side of the head are trapezoid projections that represent wings; these have been decorated with a series of moulded grooves. Above the head is a rectangular tab, again decorated with a series of moulded grooves that represents hair. This is flanked by two small loops for sewing onto cloth. There is a third, larger oval loop at the base where the hook would have been inserted. This artefact is gilt.Length 13mm, width 12mm, thickness 2mm, weight 0.84g
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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