Advent calendar 10 December 2017

Our tenth calendar post is three pieces of silver posament. From Birka, Björkö, Sweden.

The posaments are made of very thin silver spirals and they have been sewn onto clothes and personal items as decorations.

The finds dates to Viking age, 800- 1050 AD.

Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden

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