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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: SWYOR-0D960A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy hooked tag dating from AD 1500 - 1700. It has a hollow backed, dome fronted plate decorated with a bearded human face, three quarters facing forwards, slightly facing the right, inside a raised framing border. The head is orientated so it faces the hook. At one side is an integral trapeziodal attachment loop. Opposite this on the other side is the stub of the broken and missing hook. The hooked tag is 22.4mm long, 14mm wide and 3.8mm thick. 2.08g.
Compare SF-EFBDBD and DOR-CB76B5 which cites Read, B, 2008, Hooked-Clasps and Eyes, page 92, no. 326.
Class: Read Class E, type 3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.4 mm
Width: 14.8 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 2.08 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 20th August 2014 - Tuesday 30th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2424
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Featherstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4320
Four figure Latitude: 53.67470791
Four figure longitude: -1.35056301
1:25K map: SE4320
1:10K map: SE42SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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