Record ID: BH-6A1323
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Luton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy horse harness link of 11th century date. Anglo-Scandinavian horse harness fittings are discussed by Williams (2007), who illustrates a similar example to this piece (p. 5, (b)), from Soberton, Hampshire. Several parallels are also recorded on the PAS database - see, for example, BH-D36F23 and SOMDOR-E14156. At the centre of the double-ended link is a moulded boss which takes the form of a forward-facing zoomorphic head. Each of the two eyes is depicted with a single raised pellet. The nose consists of a vertical ridge between the eyes which forks at the bottom, th…
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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