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penannular bracelet

• Object type

  • penannular bracelet

• Museum number

  WG.15

• Description

  Gold penannular bracelet with thin body of rounded cross-section. The slightly expanded terminals are circular and plain.

• Culture/period

  • Late Bronze Age

• Date

  • 1100BC-750BC (circa)

• Findspot

  • Excavated/Findspot: Gaerwen, Found about 2 feet below the surface. (Gaerwen hoard)
  • (Europe,United Kingdom,Wales,Gwynedd,Anglesey,Gaerwen)

• Materials

  • gold

• Technique

  • cast

• 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

• 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

  • Murgia et al 2014 3.8.4.2

• Location

  Not on display

• 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

  • Donated by: John Pierpont Morgan
  • Previous owner/ex-collection: Rev William Greenwell

• Acquisition date

  1909

• Department

  Britain, Europe and Prehistory

• Registration number

  WG.15