Accession No
1948.1466
Description
Hook-piece from a pair of copper alloy wrist clasps. Bar decorated with raised rectangle at each terminal and on projecting rectangular lug, and three transverse ridges on either side. Two circular sewing holes protruding from the rear edge at each end. Hook on underside of protruding lug, complete.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1466
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
18mm x 40mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Excavated 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: maa
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery Near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray. (not illustrated)
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett
Description (CMS Description)
Hook end of a pair of wrist clasps of simple form. 2 lobes perforated for attachment to cuff. Grooved bar
Event Date 9/3/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Hook-piece from a pair of copper alloy wrist clasps. Bar decorated with raised rectangle at each terminal and on projecting rectangular lug, and three transverse ridges on either side. Two circular sewing holes protruding from the rear edge at each end. Hook on underside of protruding lug, complete.
Event Date 12/4/2021
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:15848
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