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Anglo-Saxon strap ends (© Yorkshire Museum and Gardens)
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© Yorkshire Museum and Gardens

Anglo-Saxon strap ends

Artist: Anglo-Saxon

Location: Yorkshire Museum and Gardens

Date: 845 - 855

Materials: silver with neillo inlay

Grant:

Amount Paid: £13,500 (Total: £19,500)

Vendor: Department of National Heritage

Review number: 4773 (1999)

Provenance:
Found by metal detectorists in Upper Poppleton, York

Description:
Six strap ends cast in the form of a stylised animal head with comma-shaped ears. The central fields depict animals

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