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Viking toiletry set with stave chain, serpent shaped chain distributor, ear spoon and pricker after a find from Gotland. Bronze, silver-plated or 925 silver. 33 cm.Productdetails...
Viking toiletry set with two pendants from Birka.
Here you can buy a striking Viking toiletry set, complete with a stave chain, a serpent shaped chain divider and replicas of two Viking pendants according to a historical model from Gotland.The ear spoon and pricker are made according to a historical find from the Swedish island of Gotland whereas the stave chain is based on a find from Birka which dates to the 9th to 10th century.
The Viking toiletry set is made of high-quality bronze casting and also available in real silver-plated.
In the Viking Age, it was common for women to carry one or more hygiene pendants attached to a chain or leather strap on the bowl brooch at belt level, which were thus at hand for use at about any time.
In addition to an ear spoon or nail cleaner, tweezers and an awl, a key or a needle box could also be attached in this way.
The Viking toiletry set has the following dimensions:
Toal length: 33 cm
Pricker: 7.3 cm
Ear spoon: 7.3 cm
Ear spoons and fine tweezers made of bronze have been used for personal hygiene since the Bronze Age. For Egyptians and Romans, these were even part of the medical instruments, and they were also widely used by Germanic and Viking peoples as indispensable components of hygiene and beauty care.
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