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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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] |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 8337 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Shaft thickening to head and provided with a short tang. |
| 8343 | (none) | 1928,1009.345 | (none) | Copper pin with ball head of lapis lazuli. Stem broken but complete. [Type] V | |
| 8344 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. The stem thickened towards the head and pierced at 30mm from the end: From the end protrudes a short tang. Round the stem at the hole there is a raised double band which may be in the metal but might be due to extra corrosion caused by a string or wire being twisted round it here. One lapis bead from the grave might be connected with the pin. [Type] V? |
| 8354 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin with plain ball head of lapis lazuli. The stone cracked and in bad condition. Stem broken. [Type] V. |
| 8355 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin with ball head of lapis(?) capped with silver. The whole in very bad condition, split open in every direction by decay, and broken. [Type] V |
| 8390 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin with plain lapis ball head. (broken). [Type] V. |
| 8395 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin with plain ball copper head. (broken) [Type] V |
| 8404 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pin Round in section. Ball head of stone, originally gold plated. Broken in 2 pieces. [Type] V. |
| 8411 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Toggle? pin. Copper. Rectangular in section above, rounded below. Short head. [drawing] [type] I |
| 8442 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin Copper Broken in 2 places Top bent over flattened and widened at neck rounded in section at bottom. [drawing] not to scale. [Type] VI |
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Belts - Bracelets and Anklets - Earrings - Headdress - Miscellaneous Pieces - Neckwear - Rings
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