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CLASP
Unique ID: WAW-B64778
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy folding clasp component. The clasp frame is a sub-rectangle in plan. The strap bar is a sub-square in section with rounded corners and slightly narrowed. The edge opposite the strap bar has a cast integral human face, with the fringe of the hair forming the interior edge and he is also wearing a crown. The eyebrows are formed by obliquely angles lines; '/ \', the nose is a sub-triangular in high-relief, and there are two circular perforations either side of the neck. The reverse of the face is hollow. The sides of the clasp are slightly convex on the exterior and concave on the interior. The frame has a mid green/grey coloured patina. It measures 37.09mm long and 22.7mm wide. It weighs 7.7g. In Egan and Pritchard (Egan G. and Pritchard F. 2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) there is a similar clasp (No. 568) dated to the 13th to mid 14th centuries.
Class:
two part
Sub class: large head (crowned)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.09 mm
Width: 22.7 mm
Weight: 7.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 26th January 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Brailes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3040
Four figure Latitude: 52.057575
Four figure longitude: -1.563867
1:25K map: SP3040
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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