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12017-05-16T13:52:03-07:00Moira McConnell710633400590ea38533ea3412c01fc5056288180164562A copper-alloy pin with a diamond-shape kiteplain2017-05-16T18:24:38-07:00Downes, Amy. Pin. Still Image, January 11, 2015. SWYOR-77388. Portable Antiquities Scheme. http://finds.org.uk:443/database/artefacts/record/id/717268900-1100SWYOR-77388ACC BY"54.19622055, -0.4073885 " copper-alloyPortable Antiquities SchemeFolkton, England9th-11th CenturyMoira McConnell710633400590ea38533ea3412c01fc5056288180
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12017-05-22T13:30:42-07:00Pin2A copper-alloy pin with a diamond-shape kite, found in North Yorkshire, Englandplain2017-09-21T17:28:32-07:00This is a broken copper alloy pin with a kite-shaped head. It dates to about the 9th to 11th Century, discovered in January 2015 in North Yorkshire with a metal detector. Its head is flat with a diamond or lozenge shape with other diamond shaped knobs at the corners. It has a circular hole, 2.2 diameter, through the head. The head is also decorated with a carved line border and both faces are identical.This pin is considered to originate in Ireland, but is found in Yorkshire due to viking activity.[1]
Pins in the Viking Age were typically used for cloak fastening. Those classed as dress pins could also be used for securing hair or as stylus. Pins from Scandinavia were only used for strap dresses or to fasten cloaks. But once vikings started to enter England and English society, they began to wear pins as ornamental pieces, for fashion as well as utility.[2] Pins ranged from simple, made from bone, to elaborate gold decorations. Norse pins specifically, like all of their jewelry, were highly decorated.
Because it’s been determined that this pin most likely originated from Ireland, the owner was an experienced raider. What probably happened was that the husband of this pin’s owner had gone a-viking in Ireland before coming to England. There was some sort of trading action, by force or otherwise, that led this pin to North Yorkshire. This flat-head pin like these have heads that have been determined to be small enough to pass through cloth and were unlikely to have been used to fasten hair.