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Description: | Cast copper alloy D-shaped buckle with a separate spindle that forms the strapbar. The centre of the forward edge has a large lug that is shaped into an animal facemask. This consists of two large circular bulbous eyes and a crescent on the forward edge for the snout. On the top of the head, on the frame of the buckle is a symmetrical curvilinear moulding. This could represent antlers and may suggest that the animal facemask is depicting a deer. The top edges of the side arms are decorated with rectangular panels. The rear for the frame has a rectangular cross-section with a constriction in the centre for the pin, this is flanked by two small semicircular lugs on each side. At the back of the buckle are two rearward facing lugs that are pierced in the centre and would have held a separate spindle in between, the strap would have been mounted onto this bar.Similar parallels, have been found in excavations in Gotland, Sweden and have been dated to the 11th century. See these web links for similar examples http://www.frojel.com/?page_id=1782&album=1&gallery=19S Sempel, 2007, Gotland Artefacts: Gallery 19 http://www.frojel.com (Accessed 29 March 2012)
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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