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Dress-pin

Part of the shaft and finial of a hair- or dress-pin, cast in copper alloy. The finial is in the shape of a bird, with the head missing and a splayed tail. The stylised wings both have a round hole for an inset stone.

Kind
artefact
Date
700–1199 CE
Place
Kāpiśī (34.9800, 69.3000)