Strap
Physical Object
1986.008.0871b
Nuestra Señora de Atocha (1622)
circa 1620
Small bronze strap that was attached to bronze pin. One of two pieces. See also 1986.008.0871a. Large and small copper-alloy straight pins are assumed to have been used with cloth, paper or any other easily pierced material. A wire shaft forms the body of the pins, and each has a head made of a separate piece of bronze wire that is wrapped around the end and fashioned into a ball-shape. The other end of the shaft is sharpened to a point.