Clasps
This category includes objects used to fasten clothing together.
Clasps come in many forms based on the clothing worn. Most of these clasps are found near the shoulders, illustrating clothing that was attached there. Other clasps are found at the waist. The size/shape of the clasps are not based on their placement. They can be straight like pins, or curved like fibula. They are made of metal and can have beads attached as a decoration.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8060 | (none) | (none) | B17430 | Copper needle. Point broken. | |
| 8061 | (none) | (none) | B17423 | Copper pin. With lapis ball head capped with silver. [Type] V. | |
 | 8067A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper pins with thickened heads and tangs. [type] I |
| 8067B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper pins with thickened heads and tangs. [type] I |
| 8079 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Square section. Shaft thickened at top and with tang. Broken and much corroded. [type] I |
| 8083A | (none) | (none) | B16837 | [A-B] Two beads Of glazed frit. Originally blue, now bleached. Large striated or ribbed beads, one spherical, the other with a sharp shoulder. | |
| 8086 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Circular section to shaft, hole near head: head pointed. [type] IV. [drawing] |
| 8092 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Round shaft thickening upwards and ending with a straight tang. [type] I. |
| 8121 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin. Copper. With ball head. Lapis lazuli ball plated with gold at top and bottom central strip plain lapis. [drawing] not to scale. [type V] |
| 8129 | (none) | (none) | B17482 | Pin Copper. Ribbed lapis ball bead head. Broken in 2 pieces. End missing. Head held fast by thin piece of copper passing through the ball bead and bent over the top. | |
| 8132 | (none) | 1928,1009.347 | (none) | Pin. Copper with glass ball head. Rectangular in section. [drawing] | |
| 8152 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin with lapis ball head. [Type] V |
| 8158 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Round shaft thickening to head with long tang. |
| 8162 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pin with fluted ball head of lapis. Capped with gold. There is a hole through the top end of the shaft and affixed against one end of the hole is a small carnelian ring bead. It looks as if a string had been passed through the hole with a head at the end of it to prevent its slipping out; in that case, the pin must have acted as a true toggle. [Type] V. |
| 8171 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin with lapis ball head. The set of beads, U.8172, were found mostly fastened on to the pin by oxidation, laying all along the shaft from near the head: they might have been originally fastened to it if the shaft is pierced - but no hole is now visible. [Type] V. |
| 8226A | (none) | (none) | B16730 | [A] Silver pin with plain ball head of lapis capped with gold. The shaft is pierced just below the head: [B] the 7 beads found just by it may have been fixed to the pin by this hole. The beads are catalogued with the pin. See field notes. [Type] V |
| 8248 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin with pierced shaft thickened at the top, where is a short tang. (broken) [type] I |
| 8262 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin. Copper. Top missing. Rectangular in section. Blackened bones originally adhering to it. [drawing] 1:2 [Type] I. |
| 8279 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin. Silver. Lapis lazuli ball head. Rounded in section. [drawing 1:2] [type] V |
| 8302 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Thickened at the head end and tanged. I. |
| 8304 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver razor(?). The flat end of the blade is folded over - very doubtful whether it is a razor at all. [drawing] |
| 8317A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin [A]. Square section thickening to the head, pierced. Pointed, with a tang. With this go (probably) [B] 9 beads - one gold, 3 carnelian, and 4 lapis. [Type] V. |
| 8330A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two copper pins with circular shafts flattened and curled over to form the head. Both broken and incomplete. [drawing] [Type] VII. |
| 8330B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two copper pins with circular shafts flattened and curled over to form the head. Both broken and incomplete. [drawing] [Type] VII. |
| 8337 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Shaft thickening to head and provided with a short tang. |
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Belts - Bracelets and Anklets - Earrings - Headdress - Miscellaneous Pieces - Neckwear - Rings
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