Fitting 004

Cart hitch ring. Forged out of an iron slab, hammered into a round, slightly budging face in its central section. A stamped ornament covers the entire surface of the ring. The ornament comprises circles surrounded by wide lines reminiscent of a schematic representation of the face of the Sun. The band of the ring features the ornament arranged in a line. The central face also includes two smaller lines of the ornament, parallel to the central line, three circles in each of the smaller lines.

Exhibit: cart hitch ring
Materials, technique: iron, metalworking, forging, punching
Dimensions: height width. 3.6-7.8 cm, diameter 6.5-12.5 cm, length 13.7 cm
Made in: 2nd half of the 20th century
Origin: Radymno
Owner: Folk Culture Museum in Kolbuszowa