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Brooches - Viking Paired Styles

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/* Large convex round brooches [V/F] */
|Archaeology =
*Birka
**32 from Birka, 4.5 - 7.3cm, Found in position that suggests that they were used to close either the cloak or coats of women. <br>All cast from copper alloy except for only one brooch was made from thin silver sheet and was smaller, 4.1cm. It was found on the chest and was probably still used to close a cloak or coat. <br>Similar to small round brooches, needle arrangement and mostly gold plated. Some have an additional back plate. Also had the additional lug with occasional wire hoops attached.Centred Centered around Sweden, typically Swedish. 2 in childrens gravegraves, 5 in double graves, 26 found with oval brooches, 23 with small round brooches. ([ARWIDSSON 1984, : p.75-84)]
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