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Hand-carved Viking dress pin / hair pin made of genuine bone inspired by a find of the Viking Age from Hedeby / Germany. 16 x 2 cm.Productdetails...
Viking dress pin made of bone.
Here you can buy an authentic Viking dress pin made of real bone, inspired by a find from the Viking town of Hedeby.Vikings used bone dress pins to close their capes and cloaks, but such bone pins are also ideal for use as hairpins.
Robe pins and hairpins made of bone were very common in Viking times, as they were an inexpensive alternative to the costly bronze or silver robe pins for ordinary people.
Therefore, Viking robe pins made of bone are found in the entire settlement area of the Vikings and are known from the sites of Birka, Hedeby, Novgorod, Jorvik and Trondheim, among others.
Dimensions: 15 x 2 cm. The pin of the Viking garment pin is approx. 0.6 cm thick.
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