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# Dress-pin

Cast, copper alloy hair- or dress-pin; the finial in the form of a stylised U-shaped bird, the head with a pointed crest and beak; the tail forked and slightly fanned. The broken shaft is square in section and is decorated with a notched band between double incised lines.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 900–1099 CE
- **Place:** Kāpiśī (34.9800, 69.3000)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3712-d](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3712-d) · Pramāṇa
