Box-Shaped Brooch

9th-mid 11th century (Medieval)

6 cm 3.7 cm

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Box-shaped brooches such as this one were worn by the Viking women of Gotland (the islands in the Baltic Sea south of Sweden) to fasten a shawl or cloak about the shoulders. They also doubled as containers to hold small objects. A cast open latticework design fills the banded...

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20160
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James Graham & Sons, Inc., New York; Walters Art Museum, 1952, by purchase
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