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Sword hilt with animal decoration

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    • currently in research collection

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  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The piece is exquisitely made, of opaque greenish-beige stone, carved like a slightly curved band with downward curling ends and a square socket for attachment underneath. The surface is decorated with a highly stylized animal motif, consisting of an abstract pattern of interconnected curled motifs, arranged at right angles, with a head indicated at one end by two eyes under curved eyebrows. The decoration is raised in shallow relief with faintly incised detail. The underside is plain.

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