| description | Large folded iron band with four circular perforations punched from the same direction and a dome-headed iron nail held in situ by a small nail inserted from the opposite side. There are no immediately visible forge welds of sections, suggesting that this band was forged from a single piece of iron. Both ends are fastened by the dome-headed nail the lower portion of which is bent at 90 degrees so that it is parallel with the band. The small nail inserted from the other side secured the larger one. The band has been bent, as though fitted around a post in such a way that the burrs that were formed when the holes were punched were on the outer face. One end has been hammered and given a rounded shape whereas the other end has been cut straight from both sides. |