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LOT 1270
Viking Period Plaited Bracelet
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (23.5 grams, 73 mm).
A penannular copper-alloy bracelet composed of a plaited body with bulbous terminals.
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.110.
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