The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . Pi^KSONAL OlINAiMENTS. 449 pool at tlie York Meeting of tlie Archaeological Institute. It isengraved on Plate III., along with the bronze vessel in which it wasinclosed. The beads, which measure rather more than an inch indiameter, are boldly ribbed and grooved longitudinally. Betweenevery two ribbed beads there is a small flat one formed like the wheelof a pulley, or the vertebral bone of a fish. The portion which musthave passed round the nape of the neck is flat and smooth on theinner edge, but chased on the upper side in an elegant incis
The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . Pi^KSONAL OlINAiMENTS. 449 pool at tlie York Meeting of tlie Archaeological Institute. It isengraved on Plate III., along with the bronze vessel in which it wasinclosed. The beads, which measure rather more than an inch indiameter, are boldly ribbed and grooved longitudinally. Betweenevery two ribbed beads there is a small flat one formed like the wheelof a pulley, or the vertebral bone of a fish. The portion which musthave passed round the nape of the neck is flat and smooth on theinner edge, but chased on the upper side in an elegant incised patterncorresponding to the ornamentation already described as characteristicof this period, and bearing some resemblance to that on the beautifulbronze diadem found at Stitchel in Roxburghshire, figured on a sub-sequent page. The beads are disconnected, having apparently beenstrung upon a metal wire, as was the case in another example foundin the neighbourhood of Worcester. A waved ornament chasedalong the outer edge of the solid piece seems to
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