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== Sheaths – eastern Baltic style ==

'''Archaeology'''<br>

* Birka, 7 sheaths

At Birka they enclosed the entire handle, 2mm leather, All have copper-alloy chapes, separate copper-alloy plates along their backs and have a flared decorated plate at the handle. All held together with copper-alloy rivets. Generally most have 3 cast copper-alloy suspension loops. Only one example had decorative loops and all of the other had plain cast rings. The cast hoops are very similar to those found on the small ringed pins – possibly the same manufacturer. [ARWIDSSON 1986: p.35]<br>

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== See Also ==

[[Weapons]]<br>