harness-fitting
- Museum number
- 1991,0411.2883.a
- Description
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Gilded copper-alloy roundel decorated with triple-strand interlace within a raised, slashed border. At the centre, a cell containing a small round plate garnet within a shell collar. On the back remains of folded mineralised leather straps crossing at right angles, plus a third strap beneath the lower part of the vertical strap. At the point of crossing, one strap is pierced to allow the second strap to pass through it. Associated with 1991,0411.2883.b.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 62 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2002 12 Mar-present, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre, 'Burial Ground of the Kings', LT Loan.
- Acquisition date
- 1991
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1991,0411.2883.a
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 48/8356