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# Dress-pin

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

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3711-h](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3711-h) · Pramāṇa
