bear toothamulet kalvola 9th 11th centuries bronze Piraten kleding The eyes on the top

The eyes on the top

Armets of this kind were highly popular amongst the European aristocracy and were employed in Italy

like the doublets of the period

featuring a crude-erotic depiction that was common in the late Middle Ages and intended for general amusement

This brooch is handmade of bronze and measures 6 x 3

bear toothamulet kalvola 9th 11th centuries bronze Piraten kleding The eyes on the topThis amulet in the shape of a stylized bear's tooth is a replica of a Viking Age find, excavated from a body grave in Kalvola, Hme (Finland), and dating between the 9th and 11th centuries. The original hung at the end of a chain attached to a chain divider, next to a pair of scale fibulae. More than seventy of these bear tooth pendants called 'karhunhammasriipus' in Finnish have been found in Finland, often from bronze. It amulet reflects an early,