Text, Circular box brooch
European Museums, The British MuseumScandinavia. Women wore both types at the shoulders, with strings of glass beads. The circular box brooch was another Gotlandic fashion, worn on the chest to fasten a cloak or shawl. A.D. 800s - 1000s. All from Gotland, Sweden, purchased with a contribution from The Art Fund. Kopparsvik, 1921,1101.86; Vallstena, 1921,1101.98; 1921,1101.53 and 55; Boge, 1921,1101.284
Solar disc circular brooch, Gotlandic fashion, worn on the chest to fasten a cloak or shawl
Tags:
brooch
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cross
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cross inside a circle
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description
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disc
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four-point
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four-pointed cross
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gotlandic
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scandinavia
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solar disc
Genre:
800 - 1000 A.D.
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Circular box brooch, solar cross, solar disc
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