Text, Belt-fittings and pendants

Dress accessories with jingling pendants were popular in the Baltic Sea region. The sound they made when the wearer moved was probably thought to have protective qualities. The two belt-fittings on the left have horse-like heads, the larger one with pendants shaped like ducks' feet. On the right are two pendants, one with bell-shaped terminals and the other shaped like a bird, its jingling features now missing. A.D. 700 - 1100. Vangsbakken, Norway, 1891,1021.108. Perm, Russian, 1922,0601.244 and 249. Kudymka, Russia, 1922,0601.268