Brooch in the Form of a Six-Pointed Star

late 700s-early 800s Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.) Source image
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Women used brooches like this to fasten their veils beneath the chin. Its rare form--a hexagram--suggests that it also functioned as a talisman or amulet to attract good luck and to ward off evil.

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