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Description: | A complete copper alloy zoomorphic knife end cap, of Post Medieval dating (AD 1400 to AD 1600).The cap is formed of three stylised animal heads, probably a dog. The top terminal head has a long neck which joins it to the other two heads, which protrude from the side of the object like arms. The top terminal head has a groove running down the length of it on the left. There is an inverted chevron grove at the base of the neck on both the obverse and the reverse. The 'necks' of the two arm like heads, taper to a base which has a horizontal, incised groove where it would have held the tang. The mouths of all three heads are represented by three horizontal grooves, giving the impression the mouths are open. The eyes are represented by small punched indentations (the top terminals eyes are slightly misaligned).The object measures 22.04 mm in length, 16.9 mm wide, it is 8.5 mm thick and weighs 9.3 g.The object is dark brown/green in colour, and has an uneven surface patina.A variety of zoomorphic knife end caps have been recorded on the PAS database. Most consist of a single or a double animal head, triple animal heads are much less common. One other example of a triple zoomorphic head knife cap has been recorded on the PAS database as SWYOR-B8BEb3. Other zoomorphic knife end-caps recorded include: WILT-24BAF2; WAW-588A25; YORYM-5B94B2; .LON-F6A171, BERK-F6D3E5 and WMID-08D534.
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