Context (Field collection)
Grave 32. Excavated in 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. Pl. XIV (no. 32).
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett

Description (CMS Description)
One of a pair of girdle hangers. The key shaped end terminates in bird heads which curl inward and join the stem; it is ribbed near the attachment end and moulded to resemble horse head ornament; Horse Head
Event Date 26/3/1987
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy girdle hanger. Broken attachment ring, upper shank decorated with multiple transverse ridges and grooves, central and lower shank undecorated. Straight distal terminal, both terminal hooks turn upwards at right angels. The terminal bars curve inwards and join with the lower shank, in the form of birds in profile.
Event Date 18/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett