File:670 Early Medieval Harness mount face (FindID 108118).jpg

English: Cast copper alloy Harness mount, length 50mm, height 40mm, thickness 9mm. The piece has three arms resulting in a an inverted T shape with a D-shaped attachment hole in the centre. Either side arm has a moulded animal head facing forward, both have concave reverses. The animal heads have gaping circular mouth, wide flat nose, large sub circular eyes in the centre and circular recessed ears on the top with linear groves in between representing fur. On the side of the head opposite the central hole is second animal facemask, this time facing away from the centre. These have circular eye and with two ridges directly above for eyebrows and ears, the terminal is expanded to give the animals mouths a snarling appearance. This theme is repeated on both sides of the hole. The third (top) arm has a fifth animal facemask with has large round eyes and long thin triangular ears with deep recesses in the centre similar to the first two described, its mouth forms the D-shaped attachment hole. from the animal head the rest of the arm is stepped down to a rectangular projection 18mm long 8mm wide and 4mm thick, this expands by 1mm to the terminal, there are two rivet holes in projection approximately 2mm in diameter, both have the remains of iron corrosion. The overall condition of the artefact is good with little wear on the surface, which has a dark brown colour. The central animal may represent an owl whilst the animal on either side may be a bear. These three animals are all in the Borre style (830-970).