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# Dress-pin

Cast, copper alloy hair- or dress-pin finial in the shape of a stylised peacock, with a crest, wings down-turned and upright, spread tail. The shaft is completely lost.

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

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