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Collection Item: Plaque

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Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Plaque
Object category
Anglo-Scandinavian
Description
In shape of bearded male face. Waterman 1959 describes it as a mounting, "cut from a thin piece of bone, represents a bearded human face and seems most likely to have served as an ornamental mount. Hair and beard are indicated by engraved lines and the nose and mouth are similarly treated; the eyes are represented by perforations set within incised circles and a third perforation is pierced through the bridge of the nose."
Production date start
866
Production date end
1066
Period
Anglo-Scandinavian

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Identification

Object number
YORYM : 1948.626
Number of objects
1
ID
7623

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Bone (Whole)

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Place
York