Ornament, ca. 800 B.C., Made in Ireland, Irish, Gold, Overall: 2 1/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (5.3 x 2.8 x 2.9 cm), Metalwork-Gold, Though objects such as these are conventionally called “dress fasteners” and “sleeve fasteners,” their exact purpose is unknown. It has been proposed that the smaller “sleeve fastener” worked much like a modern cufflink: the disks would have been drawn through slits in the garment
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Ornament, ca, 800 B.C, Ireland, Irish, Gold, Overall, 2 1/16 x 1 1/8 1/8, 5.3 2.8 2.9 cm, Metalwork-Gold, objects, conventionally, dress fasteners, sleeve, exact purpose, unknown, proposed, smaller, sleeve, fastener, worked, modern cufflink, disks, drawn, slits, garment
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