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Description: | A copper-alloy ornamental cross-staff head mount. The mount is pyramid shaped with an openwork design of a series of interlocking triangles with knops at each junction. The pattern comprises of a knop at the apex of the mount, below which are four upright openwork triangles; below this are for upright triangles interspersed with four inverted triangles. Finally at the base extending down from each corner is a small truncated arm which suggests the latticework frame continues further but is now truncated.Description taken from WMID-20EEE6Similar examples have been found, mostly notably two artefacts in the Warwickshire Museum collections, found at Wellesbourne and Wixford. The Wellesbourne example is particularly similar and is illustrated in an article written by Simon Bailey, 'Two Copper Alloy Cross-Staff Heads from Warwickshire', in Medieval Archaeology 38 (1994) pages 171-5, fig 3. It has been noted by Bailey that further examples have been found at Dublin, Canterbury, London, Nottingham and Cambridgeshire. The Dublin example was dated to the mid 11th century (c.1020-30) by its archaeological context. The Canterbury example was dated to the end of the 11th century.A similar example is recorded at NARC-BDFB91 in which the recorded writes:Geoff Egan (MoLAS/ PAS) has suggested that it may have been on the opposite end of a staff from a larger, but 'matching', finial. Nick Griffiths (Salisbury Museum) has commented on the similarity in shape to church towers of the 12th century and points out staff finials of similar size are still to be found in churches today. Some circular openwork staff-heads are discussed by Simon Bailey in Medieval Archaeology, Vol. XXXVIII, 1994, page 171.Also see BERK-3E9328 HAMP-8C67D6 CAM-64F318 for similar examples.
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