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Pair of Viking leg wrap hooks. Detailed replica after a find from Gnezdovo / Russia. Bronze, silver-plated or 925 silver. 3 x 2 cm.Productdetails...
Leg wrap hook of the Viking Age from Gnezdovo.
These Viking leg wrap hooks are crafted true to detail after a find from the Russian Viking settlement of Gnezdovo and date from the 9th to 10th century.In the Viking Age leg wraps were worn by men and women alike and can be found in the Rus territories as well as in England and Scandinavia.
Link to the original leg wrap hooks...
Leg wrap hooks were used in the Viking Age to hold the leg wraps in position and can be sewn onto the two eyelets on the side of the wraps. The tip of the leg wrap hooks has to be hooked into the layer of fabric underneath, which is why coarsely woven fabrics made of wool or linen were more suitable for this purpose.
The leg wrap hooks from Gnezdovo are made of high-quality bronze and are also available in genuine silver-plated.
The dimensions are: 3 x 2 cm. The price is for one pair.
The Russian settlement of Gnezdovo on the upper reaches of the Dnieper River was situated on an important trade route connecting the north and south of Europe, and was about 13 km west of Smolensk. Gnezdovo is considered to be one of the most important archaeological sites of the Viking Age from the time when the Russian territory was formed.
With an area of about 200 hectares, the settlement complex is the largest archaeological site of the Viking Age in Russia and reached its peak in the 10th century. The cemetery of Gnezdovo once comprised 3,500 to 4,000 tumuli of which about 1,000 have been thoroughly investigated since 1874 until today. It was discovered by archaeologists in 1993.
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