Vikingsieraad gevleugelde man van Uppåkra, brons Middeleeuwse broches horseman’s picks also became status

horseman’s picks also became status symbols

The morion was designed to protect the head without obstructing vision

They were wrapped from knees to ankles around the lower leg and fastened over the pants with a piece of fabric or a fibula

schachten zijn los verkrijgbaar

Bronze suspensions for an aventail

Vikingsieraad gevleugelde man van Uppåkra, brons Middeleeuwse broches horseman’s picks also became statusThis piece of jewelry is a replica of an 8th 10th century original found in 1990 in a cemetery near Uppkra. The winged man symbolizes Wieland the blacksmith, a demigod blacksmith from Old Norse and Old Frisian mythology. It even appeared in Germanic and earlier Indo European mythology.