Collection Item: Buckle

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Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Buckle
Object category
Anglo-Scandinavian
Description
Bone buckle with incised interlace pattern on buckle plate. Description and illustration (figure 19.6) in Waterman 1959, pp. 91-92: 'Both [buckles] are cut from a single piece of bone, in one case with a separate tongue which rotates on a pivot of the same material. The method of attachment to the belt differs. The complete example, with an engraved interlaced knot on the plate, is provided with a notched projection to pass through a corresponding hole cut in the material of the belt.'
Production date start
866
Production date end
1066
Period
Anglo-Scandinavian

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Identification

Object number
YORYM : 1948.618
Number of objects
1
ID
7485

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Bone (Whole)

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Place
York