[Regia-NA] What are these?

[Beth Peters]

They were often worn in matching pairs by women hanging from the belt during
the early part of the period (still pagan, non-Regia).  They look very
similar to keys of the period, but don't show the signs of wear that keys
do, plus why would you need 2 identical keys.

A Summary Catalog of The Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) by
Arthur Macgregor and Ellen Bollick has pictures of a bunch more.

Beth

> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-regia-na-admin@lig.net [mailto:list-regia-na-admin@lig.net]On
> Behalf Of Tracie Brown
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 5:42 PM
> To: list-regia-na@lig.net
> Subject: [Regia-NA] What are these?
>
>
>    I stumbled across these items, described as "Anglo-Saxon
> girdle hangers". (Stumbled, but didn't fall.) Is that what
> they actually are? and how would they work?  I would think
> that they are actually displayed upside down in this photo.
>
> http://www.romanremains.freeserve.co.uk/r0300011.jpg
>
>    Thanks.
>
> -- Tracie
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