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Description: | A damaged and corroded copper-alloy strap fitting of probable post-Medieval date.The artefact consists of a length of circular-sectioned wire which has been bent into a drop-shaped loop. At one end of this loop there is a right angled bend, a short distance from which is an irregular terminal. The object measures 30.2mm long, 21.1mm wide and up to 8.6mm thick (at the terminal). The weight is 8.5g.The recorder has observed a similar fitting used to suspend a bridle bit on a 16th century display in the Fitzwilliam Musuem, Cambridge. Such fittings may, however, have served a number of functions.
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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