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dress fastener
Object Type
dress fastener
Museum number
1921,0621.1
Description
Gold dress fastener. Hollow D-shaped ornament with a broad curving form ending in very large circular expanded terminals. The terminals are decorated with three incised lines on the inside of the mouth opening.
Cultures/periods
Late Bronze Age
Production date
1000BC-750BC
(circa)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Mullingar
, From peat bog
(Near Mulligar)
Materials
gold
Technique
cast
incised
Dimensions
Diameter:
54.33 millimetres
(expanded terminal)
Length:
76.31 millimetres
(body)
Weight:
149.10 grammes
Thickness:
8.56 millimetres
(body centre)
Thickness:
5.47 millimetres
(body end)
Thickness:
0.66 millimetres
(expanded terminal)
Bibliographic references
Murgia et al 2014 / European Bronze Age Gold in the British Museum
(3.9.2.5)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
John Birkbeck Lubbock, 2nd Baron Avebury
Acquisition date
1921
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1921,0621.1