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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy arm from an elaborate harness pendant suspension mount of the sort with several arms projecting from a sphere which is free to rotate. An example with similar arms is illustrated in the Finds Research Group datasheet number 5 by Griffiths (1986). There is also a close parallel on page 185 of the Meols Catalogue which has a small pendant in the shape of a dog attached.The object has two sets of split sub oval plates at the tapered end of a sub cylindrical body and the remains of a rivet at the opposite end. The body is a rounded square in section. Each set of plates angles away from the other; they have been pierced so the object may have held suspended free-moving objects. The pierced plates would have formed a hinge with the suspension loop on the harness pendant.This arm is unusual as the examples illustrated in datasheet 5 only hold one pendant each whereas this seems to have been designed to support two which would have hung back to back. Other elements of elaborate harness pendant suspension mounts are LVPL-6E19F7 and SF-4A7E13. The discussion in the Meols catlogue raises the possibility that it is part of a child's toy or rattle, but has catalogued the item under harness pendants.The object has a dark-medium green patina. Length: 30.1mm; Width: 14.2mm; Thickness: 6.4mm; Weight: 5.74g. Other unusual pendant suspension mounts on the database include WILT-B0E666 and SOMDOR-A9D004.
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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