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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-57BE8C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval copper alloy strap fitting or dress fitting consisting of an openwork plate with a circular loop projecting from one side. The corresponding plate would have had an integrally cast hook. The plate is decorated in the form of a crescent moon with an anthropomorphic face and a seven-pointed star bridging the gap between the two tips of the crescent. The reverse exhibits two integrally cast pointed lugs. It exhibits traces of white metal coating.
See WILT-A317A2 for a complete set.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.8 mm
Width: 34.3 mm
Thickness: 6.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 26th August 2016 - Friday 26th August 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 36571
Other reference: INDE18800JS
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Felmingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2429
Four figure Latitude: 52.81198613
Four figure longitude: 1.32232718
1:25K map: TG2429
1:10K map: TG22NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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