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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: NMS-909A84
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy hooked tag with most of the hook missing. The loop is trapezoidal and the plate is oval with, in relief, a classical bust facing left and to be viewed with the hook upwards. Cf. Read 2008, no. 336. Width 13.5mm. Extant length 26mm. Later 16th-17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1650
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 13.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th February 2017 - Monday 13th March 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 32801
Other reference: KLMD032017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Dunton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8929
Four figure Latitude: 52.82537964
Four figure longitude: 0.80372878
1:25K map: TF8929
1:10K map: TF82NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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