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# Dress-pin

Copper alloy hair- or dress-pin with a finial in the shape of a small duck, with a long neck and a groove along the top of the head. The body is flat on top, with notching along the sides defining the wings, and ending in a pointed tail. The bottom part of the round shaft is missing.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 700–799 CE
- **Place:** Kāpiśī (34.9800, 69.3000)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3681-j](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3681-j) · Pramāṇa
