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Wire ribbon (Fragment)

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From Croy, Inverness-shire

Wire ribbon (Fragment)
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This plaited silver wire ribbon was found at Croy in Inverness-shire in a hoard consisting primarily of Pictish jewellery, together with a balance beam, buried between 800 and 900.

The ribbon was made by circular plaiting with continuous wire (trichinopoly technique).

Trichinopoly chains are distinctive, and known from Anglo-Saxon, Irish, Viking and Pictish contexts. The technique is known from 8th century Irish metalwork, and surviving examples were probably produced in workshops around the Irish Sea.

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