clasp;
belt
- Museum number
- 2014,8036.7
- Description
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Copper alloy belt clasp on a leather belt, the clasp cast, in the form of an openwork wheel motif with stars or sunbursts, and two flanges either side to hold the leather.
- Production date
- 1960-1970
- Dimensions
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Height: 5.70 centimetres (clasp)
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Width: 45 centimetres (belt laid flat, doubled)
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Width: 8.70 centimetres (clasp)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From a series called ‘pitsi’ or ‘lace. This motif was also cast in silver as a brooch (see example with London import mark for 1972; www.johnkelly1880.co.uk/product/pentti-sarpaneva-2/ accessed 12.9.2019).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2014
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2014,8036.7
