Context (Analysis)
The card has the following entry: "Shetelig says Oseberg style."
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Belt-end in the form of a cat's head treated somewhat anthropomorphically. The sides of the head are produced and joined by a narrow bar.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt

Loan (Exhibition)
Fitzwilliam Museum accompanying display of Anglo Saxon coins: ANGLO SAXON ART IN THE ROUND
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for D 1914.121: 'Bronze figure of a cat's head treated somewhat anthropomorphically. The sides of the head are produced and joined by a narrow bar, it probably formed some kind of handle in hanging ornament of a metal vessel, box or the like.'
Event Date 1914
Author: maa

Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1938). ‘Anglo-Saxon Remains’, in L. F. Salzman (ed.), The Victoria History of the County of Cambridgeshire and The Isle of Ely, Vol. 1. London: Oxford University Press. p. 328, Pl. XI.e
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
This object was on display in the Clarke Gallery (1984-2010) in the Saxons, Vikings and Normans case and with the following label: 'Belt-end in the form of a feline head'. It did not indicate which period the object comes from.
Event Date 1984
Author: Peter Rooley

Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'Anglo-Saxon Art in the Round', Fitzwilliam Museum (23 May - 7 September 2008), Norwich Castle Museum (20 September 2008 - 18 January 2009) and Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich (6 March - 5 September 2009).
Event Date 20/9/2008
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Cast gilt copper alloy strap fitting in the form of an anthropomorphised feline head; pronounced upper half of head with vertical and horizontal grooves, some with notched detail, two small curved ears, large oval eyes, three grooves either side of pronounced nose, possibly symbolising whiskers. The sides of the head taper and extend with the terminus both being connected by a narrow bar; rear head and base is hollow.
Event Date 14/5/2021
Author: Jane Pettitt