Klaverbladbroche Birka, brons Zwaarden & wapens Het toont een zogenaamd "phallic

Het toont een zogenaamd "phallic dier"

discovered in 1928 in a bog at the site of a crannog (a lake dwelling) in Ballinderry

with brass nails attached to 2 mm thick leather

Their use in Italy seems to have disappeared around 1380

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Klaverbladbroche Birka, brons Zwaarden & wapens Het toont een zogenaamd "phallicThis small trefoil brooch is based on a find from Birka, Sweden, featuring three intertwined animal bodies. The first examples of this type of clasp were imported to Scandinavia from the Carolingian Empire as belt decoration and quickly transformed into fibula's in your own style. They were found almost exclusively in women's graves, usually worn between two tortoiseshell brooches, for example around the neck opening tunic to close. Equipped with a