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Collections > Archaeology > Wrist Strap

Wrist Strap

Wrist straps were used like a 'hook and eye' to fasten a tight sleeved dress. This was excavated from Easington Anglo-Saxon cemetery.

Place: Andrews Hill

Object Type: wrist strap

Period: Anglo-Saxon

Broad Date: Medieval

Material: Copper alloy

Museum Accession Number: /ARC.2C