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Owen-Crocker considers the evidence for Viking art to represent bare hair either worn in a bun or more commonly in a knotted pony tail. <br>
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==English Women's Visible hair==
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Margeson suggests that these small pins could have been used to secure a veil, head-dress or worn in the hair. [MacGREGOR, MAINMAN and ROGERS 1999: p.1949]
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==Leather hair accessory==
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''An almond shaped piece of leather with a pin of bone or wood used to hold a pony tail.''<br>
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* London – Guild Hall, with moulded small cylinder ends. cat. 4375 [MOULD, CARLISLE and CAMERON 2003: p.3411]
* Dublin, with moulded crescent shaped ends. cat. E711:5193 [MOULD, CARLISLE and CAMERON 2003: p.3411]
* Gloucester, 1 Westgate Street (9th century): Diamond shaped hairslide 70x40mm of thick well tanned leather. Decorative holes in the centre and one on each end for fastening, which have been stretched by use. Two similar pieces came from the late saxon deposite at 11-17 Southgate Street, Gloucester. [GOUDGE 1979: p.195]
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An alternative interpretation of these leather finds is as slings. [MOULD, CARLISLE and CAMERON 2003: p.3411]
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