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# Dress-pin

Copper alloy pin with a finial in the shape of a flat, stylised bird with a tufted crest and a curved beak. The tail and shaft are missing. A pair of diagonal lines are incised across the chest, and another single line at the base of the tail.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1000–1099 CE
- **Place:** Kāpiśī (34.9800, 69.3000)

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