Rattle pendant ear rings of the Viking Age.
This pair of horse shaped ear rings were made according to a finding of a rattle pendant from Staraja Ladoga / Russia.Much Viking jewels from Staraja Ladoga are of Finnish origin. Also, that horse rattle pendant which was found in burial mound 6 of Zaozere in the southeastern Ladoga area.
Interestingly, in the same grave, in addition to Finnish horse pendants, also Slavic temple rings and Western Scandinavian bowl brooches from the 10th century were found - this cultural mix is characteristic of the area of Staraja Ladoga.
The dimensions of the rattle ear rings are 5 x 3 cm.
The Viking horse ear rings are made from high-quality bronze casting and also available in real silver-plated.
The former fortress town of Staraja Ladoga, near St. Petersburg, was located on an old trade route that ran from the Baltic Sea over the Volga to the Caspian Sea. The oldest finds of Scandinavian origin in this area date back to the middle of the 8th century.
Due to the cultural influences mixed due to the trade activity, Swedish, Finnish, Slavic and even Arabic finds are often found side by side in the graves of Staraja Ladoga.