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LOT 1200
Viking Age Silver Axehead Pendant
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (2.71 grams, 32 mm).
With ring-and-dot detail to one face, rivetted loop to the apex. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
Ex property of a Worcestershire gentleman.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2014.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
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A similar bracelet, with deep wavy furrows and stamped rows of circles, was found on the remains of the right forearm bones of a female, in grave 1081 of Hemlanden Birka cemetery. These bracelets, as visible in this grave, were usually worn in pairs on both arms, or - like in the case of the Birka grave - paired with another kind of bracelet.
