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Dress-pin

Copper alloy hair- or dress-pin finial in the shape of a flat, stylised bird with a comb, rounded beak, and upright tail. The wings are round at the front, pointed at the tip. Both wings and tail are decorated with a punched circle and dot. The same motif marks each eye. The shaft is missing.

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