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penannular bracelet
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Object type
Museum number
WG.15
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Description
Gold penannular bracelet with thin body of rounded cross-section. The slightly expanded terminals are circular and plain.
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Culture/period
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Date
- 1100BC-750BC (circa)
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Findspot
- Excavated/Findspot: Gaerwen, Found about 2 feet below the surface. (Gaerwen hoard)
- (Europe,United Kingdom,Wales,Gwynedd,Anglesey,Gaerwen)
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Materials
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Diameter: 63.1 millimetres
- Thickness: 3.15 millimetres (body centre)
- Thickness: 4.07 millimetres (body end)
- Diameter: 6.39 millimetres (terminal)
- Weight: 27 grammes
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Curator's comments
The bracelet is part of a hoard stated to be found in 1852 at Gaerwen.
Seemingly the Gaerwen hoard was acquired shortly after discovery by an itinerant dealer. It is stated that the hoard consisted of 11 ‘lock-rings’ and 11 penannular bracelets. Two ‘lock-rings’ and two bracelets are in the British Museum (WG 15, 16, 17, 18). The whereabouts of the other pieces is not known.
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Bibliography
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Location
Not on display
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Exhibition history
Exhibited:
2004 30 Apr-21 Sep, Cardiff, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
1996 31 Jan-4 Mar, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, Art, Ritual and Death in Prehistoric Wales -
Acquisition name
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Acquisition date
1909
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Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
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Registration number
WG.15
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