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MOUNT

Unique ID: NLM-8DE224

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy mount. Cast concavo-convex mount comprising a smiling human mask in a hat or hood, with a backward pointing blunt hook rising behind it. Below the mask a miniature torso is represented with a pair of crooked ball-ended arms springing from it, and a circular loop, probably for an attachment rivet, below. The hollow mask is slightly thickened close to the hook, suggesting allowance for its use, perhaps fastening a strap.

The facial features include a high brow, a broad triangular nose perhaps flattened by wear, and lidded eyes with bags beneath them. A tight fitting hat or hoop covers the ears and brow. Laura Burnett kindly notes a late medieval class parallel from Severn Stoke, Worcestershire, WAW-406321, representing a jester with truncated ass's ears (Medieval Archaeology 2007, 51, pages 227-229, fig. 6 a).

Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1400-1500.

Height: 60.2mm, Width: 29mm, Thickness (measured at top of mask next to hook): 2.9mm, Weight: 24.89gms.

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 60.2 mm
Width: 29 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 24.89 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th December 2013

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM24427a

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE9116
Four figure Latitude: 53.63262431
Four figure longitude: -0.62530142
1:25K map: SE9116
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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