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LOT 1197
Viking Age Bronze Decorated Bracelet
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (63.8 grams, 71 mm).
With penannular hoop with tapering arms, cross motif composed of three horizontal and three vertical notched ribs, carinated arms. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.109 (5).
Footnotes
Similar bracelets were found in pair on the remains of the left forearm bones of a female, in grave 83 of Hemlanden cemetery in Birka. These bracelets, as visible in this grave, were usually worn in pairs on both arms.
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