Viking Tortoise Brooches

Viking Tortoise Brooches

• Measurements : 90 mm 10 60 mm
• Metal : authentic copper alloys
• Period : 9 th - 10 th centuries Birka (Sweden)
• Sold by pair

These large oval brooches, called "Tortoise Brooches", are typical of the jewellery worn by Viking women.

They emphasize your dress, but also have a role of fixing for the apron dress.

These brooches were sometimes chained together, that allowed small utilitarian objects (tweezers, scissors, knife...) to hang from it.

Sometimes they were bound by a cord on which was strung glass beads; indicating social standing.