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Viking women wore matching pairs of these large brooches high on the chest to secure the shoulder-straps of their tunics.
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A PAIR OF VIKING BRONZE FIBULAE
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
Each of oval domed form, cast in a double-shell and riveted together, decorated with an intricate openwork design around five bosses, comprising intertwining addorsed birds and mythological creatures, with dolphins arond the base, one fibula with remains of the catch plate on the underside, repaired
4½ in. (11.3 cm.) long max. (2)
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
Each of oval domed form, cast in a double-shell and riveted together, decorated with an intricate openwork design around five bosses, comprising intertwining addorsed birds and mythological creatures, with dolphins arond the base, one fibula with remains of the catch plate on the underside, repaired
4½ in. (11.3 cm.) long max. (2)