SOME FURTHER FINDS IN DEEPDALE CAVE, BUXTON. I95 



III. Small plain bronze hair tweezers. Length, 2 in. 



IV. Smooth piece of narrow bronze, bent clumsily into a 

 finger ring. Diameter, | in. 



V. Piece of curved bronze, about two inches long, ornamented 

 with embossed fish's head ; apparently perfect ; perhaps a small 

 strigil or scraper, to which a handle was attached when in use. 



VI. This remarkable piece of bronze can be best understood 

 by referring to Mr. Bailey's drawing (Plate XII., Fig. 5). It is 

 I in. broad by 2 in. long ; but it is obviously broken off in 

 its length. The reverse is smooth. The effective bold pattern 

 on the obverse is of separate make, and has been applied with 

 six small rivets, two of which are missing. It has evidently been 

 hinged, probably for the attachment of a buckle. The bronze is 

 thin and flexible,- save where the ornament is attached. We 

 conjecture that it is part of the fillet or bandeau (tcenia, vitta) 

 worn round the hair by young Roman women. Occasionally the 

 fillet was made of pliant metal. 



VII. Small piece of the point and pin sheath of a broken 

 bronze fibula. 



VIII. and IX. Two bronze pins with spiral springs still 

 attached, from small fibulae or brooches. 



X. Hooked piece of flat bronze, the shank pierced with small 

 hole. Length, i^ in. ; \ in. across the hook. It is too big for a 

 fresh-water fish hook, and has probably been fixed to a shelf or 

 wall to be used in the suspension of small articles. 



XL Spindle-whorl of light-coloured hard stone, i in. in diameter. 



XII. Piece of thin curved bronze, about 6 in. long ; it has 

 probably been a part of the metallic binding of the edge of a 

 round leathern shield or target. 



XIII. Part of a broken bone nail-cleaner. 



XIV. Small piece of ornamental bronze, i in. long. 



XV. Tiiin bronze ear-pick, 2\ in. long, pierced for attaching to 

 chatelaine. 



XVI. Large bead of blue glass. 



XVII. Fragment of very thin piece of bronze, pierced at one end. 



XVIII. Ring of thick bronze wire, with two light blue glass 

 beads attached. Query, ear ring ? 



