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A large copper alloy pin sometimes known as a bodkin.
These had two possible uses. One was to thread tapes and laces through cloth and hems but in the seventeenth century they were used as hair pins and headdress ornaments. Randle Holme of Chester writing in the 1682 said:
'The Bodkin is a thing usefull for women to bind vp their haire with and aboute, they are usually made of siluer and gold the inferiour haue them of Brasse, but the meanest content them selues with a scewer of sharp pointed stick.'
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Not much is yet known about this, though it is thought to be a copper alloy buckle of some sort. (back to top of page)
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