Tortoise Brooches, Birka VIKING CUPS Norway and the Baltic

Norway and the Baltic

Smaller figurines were kept in homes to bestow the god's blessing upon the house and family

this hanger enables the horn to be carried on the back

A reproduction in bronze of Thor’s Hammer found in Denmark

Title: The Age of the Vikings

Tortoise Brooches, Birka VIKING CUPS Norway and the BalticA pair of detailed Viking tortoise brooches found in Birka, Sweden. Tortoise brooches (dress brooches) are worn in pairs on the front of a Viking woman's dress. It was customary to suspend a string of beads and charms between them. The brooches are sold in pairs. Size: 8,4 x 6 cm (3. 3" x 2. 3") Material: Bronze Norse women wore pairs of oval brooches to fasten the shoulder straps of a tunic worn over other garments. Beads of amber, wood or glass may