birka viking ear spoon grave 660 silvered Romeinse & Keltische fibulae People who were often on

People who were often on the move

Early medieval images in illuminated manuscripts from the eighth and ninth centuries provide a more complete picture of this type of clothing

Wooden pattens protected the shoes against the dirt of city streets

or the sixteenth-century trunk hoses that people all over northern Europe wore during the sixteenth century

relativaly less legions were necessary to defend the northern border

birka viking ear spoon grave 660 silvered Romeinse & Keltische fibulae People who were often onThe decorated Viking ear spoon is based upon a 9th10th century original excavated from grave 660 in the Viking town of Birka. Ear spoons were cosmetic objects and are most frequently found amongst female graves. Women often carried tweezers with them as well. This ear spoon is decorated because it did not solely serve as a cosmetic object: it fulfilled decorative functions as well, and was worn on the belt as an ornament.