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LOT 1259
Viking Age Bronze Decorated Bracelet
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (105 grams, 75 mm).
With convex outer face and tapering arms, stamp decorated with triangles and lozenges. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, p.18, volume I, fragment of similar bracelet from grave 47 and bracelet from Hedesunda (Gästrikland).
FootnotesSimilar bracelets were found usually in female graves in the Hemlanden cemetery in Birka. Sometimes they were found in pairs, sometimes worn only on the right arm. Their main characteristic was the geometric decoration engraved on the surface
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