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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: KENT-8B8959
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval (1500-1800) leather strap fitting.
The leather is dark brown and hard and appears undecorated. The object curves over so that the cut ends now meet and may have been made from two layers. The short ends of the rectangular object have three regular cuts 12.18mm deep and approx. 13.5mm apart. Each of the resulting tongues has a small hole approx.8.5mm from the end, these holes correspond at both ends.
There is a large sub rectangular hole (approx. 3 x 5mm) with ragged edges within the central area.
The strap fitting measures 110mm long, 48mm wide, 5mm thick and weighs 17.22 g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 110 mm
Width: 48 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 17.22 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Leather
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Tower Hamlets (London Borough)
To be known as: Millwall
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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