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Description: | A cast copper alloy fitting with one split end and a rivet hole to retain a strap. The opposing end is forked and the terminals of the forks have apertures, now filled apparently with iron, which may have been intended to take a buckle frame or a pendant. At the attachment end is a panel containing a triskele, or three-point interlacing design. On the body of the fitting is a pendent lobe with opposed spirals and a knot which binds together the apex of the triangular panel. The sides of the fitting are formed by a pair of forward facing animal heads with ope jaws and curling tendrils ending in rounded lobes which fly back from the back of the head. The back is plain. The elements of the decoration are clearly of Anglo-Scandinavian inspiration.
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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