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A uni-facial gold disc pendant (akrafokonmu) that combines lost wax casting and sheet metal-working techniques. The disc is made of sheet gold decorated in repoussé spiral patterns. The lower areas of the spiral pattern are marked by rows of dot punching. The rim is formed by bending the outer edge back. The central boss is a lost wax casting soldered into place. The suspension lugs are made of sheet gold bent to make a short, flattened tube, with bands of metal soldered to the outer edge of them. These bands are probably lost wax casting and are decorated with a herringbone pattern. The hemispherical decoration has been soldered to the outer edge of the rim, originally there would have another situated opposite.
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