Context (Field collection)
Michael J Cuddeford found this material during the mid 1990s during metal detecting in West Wickham. It has been registered with the Portable Antiquities Scheme and gifted to MAA. For general information about the site see the Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group vol. 6 part 1, 1995 (see Bib). For other information including original finds list see the object file.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
Charge, B. B. et al. (1995). 'Field Survey of Sites at Yen Hall West Wickham, Cambs'. Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group. vol. 6, part 1.
Event Date 1995
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
In June 2015 Paul Mortimer, author of a forthcoming book on Anglo-Saxon swords, examined this object and identified it as a scabbard throat. It had previous been identified by Michael Cuddeford as part of a bracelet.
Event Date 21/7/2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
A section of a bronze scabbard throat or mouth band. It is decorated with rouletted bands with a cord design, and there are small chevrons decorating the end. There are some slight traces of either silvering or tinning running partially down the edge of the rouletting.
Event Date 21/7/2015
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a tinned or silvered copper alloy scabbard throat or mouth band. Ornamented with rouletted bands of cord design; chevrons at the surviving terminal. Slight traces of either silvering or tinning between the grooved lines.
Event Date 30/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5678 | Remedial
Event Date 26/4/2023
Author: Kirstie French

Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson