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Description: | A copper alloy strap end of medieval date, AD1300-1400. It consists of a pair of strips of copper alloy, rounded at one end, where they are joined together and where there are also the remains of a third sheet spacer. The attachment ends of both sheets have broken away and are missing. There are two ferrous fastening rivets, one in the centre of the rounded end, the other in the centre of the other end just below the break; both rivets remain in place. There is no decoration. The strap end displays a dark brown patina. It is 21.1mm long, 12.7mm wide and 4.8mm thick. It weighs 2.23gm. It is bent in the middle.Similar strap ends, attributed to the late fourteenth century, are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories 1150-1450, page 127.
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