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Historical Artifacts

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Just a community for everyone to share artifacts, reconstructions, or replicas for the historically-inclined to admire!

Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've learned to call something shaped like the piece on the left a penannular. (https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=penannular+cloak+pin&iax=images&ia=images) And have used them to pin together the two sides of a cloak's collar. I'm not sure how the piece on the right would be used.

[–] PugJesus 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The right bit is a tongue rest for the belt buckle with a stylized bird head.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So the bird's beak is not a functional hook?

[–] PugJesus 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not sure if it's functional or not. British Museum describes it as:

The gilt-silver buckle has a rectangular plate with a bird's head terminal in profile, scrollwork decoration and green glass inlays. The loop is oval, the tongue is hollow and has an animal-head terminal.

[–] PugJesus 2 points 2 weeks ago