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View full screenBronze strap end, one of two made from flat strips, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Rousay, Orkney
X.IL 731 B
Bronze; made from flat strips; broken; very corroded. Decorated with an unusual cross pattern in the centre, end in animals' head.
Westness, Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe
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