Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,Cambridge,Foster Bequest, Cat. 18 20 (No. 20  is correct in catalogue),Prehistoric Bronzes 41, Cat. lost
Site: England, suffolk,mettingham,january 23rd, 1860
Parish: Mettingham
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1860
Length (mm): 184
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 47
Thickness (mm): 30
Weight (g): 530
Surface: Exceedingly corroded in great lumps and deep pits. Fairly smooth bit in between. These are dark brown. The corroded patches are turquoise blue to green.
Other: Width: edge 47mm; butt 24mm,Thickness: 29.5mm; 8mm
Description: Triangular shield shaped ornament with a vertical rib passing through to 1 cm of the edge. The latter very blunt.