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Cast, copper alloy, tongue-shaped strap-end with a symmetrical design in low relief of two pairs of birds flanking a central foliate stem. The attachment panel has five rivet-holes, and the ornament is surrounded by a narrow frame. The foliate stem begins and ends in an inward-facing animal-mask, with another at its mid-point. From their mouths, tendrils with side-shoots issue, in which perch four birds, two addorsed and two affronted. The back is flat and undecorated.
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