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Plate I

The Mold Gold Cape
Andreas Praefcke / Wikimedia Commons↗ Source

The Mold Gold Cape

Maker unknown

Early Bronze Age sheet-gold cape beaten from a single ingot and decorated with ribs and bosses imitating beadwork and folded cloth.

Date
c. 1900–1600 BC
Collection
The British Museum
Reference
1836,0902.1

Record

Medium
gold
Dimensions
465 mm long; 560 g
Origin
United Kingdom
Owner
The Trustees of the British Museum

In the Tapestry

Discovered at
Mold, FlintshireAmedium confidence

Provenance and history

  1. c. 1900–1600 BC

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    britishmuseum.org

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