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Carter No.: 054k

Handlist description: Combined corslet, collar, and pectoral

Card/Transcription No.: 054k-15


54 (Contents (cont.)

(k) 3. Evidence for reconstruction

Clasp and end of brace found in conjunction. 2 instances of drop border of collar attached to brace. Complete section of collar proper found in shrine. Small section of double bead collar border found, giving order of beads. Two gold bars were attached to one clasp, one to the other. Threading holes in these exactly corresponding with collar strings. Bottom curve of collar agrees with curve of upper edge of pectoral. Bottom of pectoral attached to pieces of the upper band. Several pieces of upper band found together to show order. Feathers found attaching to lower end of band. Complete lengths of corselet proper found, showing that it varied in depth, in one case 18 lines of feathers, in another 22. Bottom border found attaching to feathers.

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