Hooked Tags
From The Viking Age Compendium
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Hooked Tags
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Archaeology
- Found in English graves of men, women and children from the C7th onwards. Found below the head, over the skull, at the chest, at the hip, under the knees, over the foot and as fill in the grave. [OWEN-CROCKER 2004: p.154]
Discussion
As Garter Hooks
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Archaeology
- Winchester, (C9th) pair of tags found under the right knee of a skeleton [OWEN-CROCKER 2004: p.155]
- Birka (BJ 905) pair of copper alloy hooks, found on the back of a man’s lower leg just below the knee. The tag at Birka was attached to woollen fabric probably from a leg covering. The hooks pointed upwards and hooked into iron rings (not mentioned by Geijer) which were attached to the lower edge of short, linen trousers which reached just over the knee. [GEIJER 1938: p. 144] [HAGG 1986: p.68]
Discussion
Owen-Crocker expresses her doubt regarding the use of garment hooks as a method of securing leg bindings due to the flimsiness of the tags and the fact that the points of the tags point inwards towards the body. [OWEN-CROCKER 2004: p.155]
As Pouch Clasps
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Archaeology
- Rome, a pair found on a pouch containing Anglo-Saxon and other coins. The points faced upwards. [OWEN-CROCKER 2004: p.155]
Discussion
Owen-Crocker considers the use of hooked tags used either singularly or in pairs as a mechanism for closing small pouches to their most likely purpose. [OWEN-CROCKER 2004: p.155]
Types of Hooked Tags
There are six differnt types of hooked tags:
- Class A: Circular plate
- Class B: shield-shaped plate
- Class C: Triangular plate
- Class D: Tear-drop shaped plate
- Class E: Other shapes
- Class F: Hook and eye fastners
Reference
<nocite> GEIJER1938 HAGG1986 OWEN-CROCKER2004 </nocite> <biblio force=false>#Template:Bib</biblio>
