Dress fastener

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Dress fastener

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 3443

Description

Dress fastener, from Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire

Use

Used to fasten clothes together

Context

Artefacts from Trimontium have allowed for a better understanding of what daily life looked like at Roman forts in Scotland.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 3443

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Fastener, Textile

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Notion

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Needleworking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

textile fasteners

Material

Bronze

Color

Blue, Tan

Web Links and URLs

National Museums of Scotland web link to artefact, Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle Excavations