Vikingsieraad gevleugelde man van Uppåkra, brons Middeleeuwse broches They were wrapped from knees

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

vaak kon je zelfs meer schade ermee aanrichten

Bronze suspensions for an aventail

horseman’s picks also became status symbols

The detailed grip has a hand-painted finish that looks like faded gold wrapped around polished ash

Vikingsieraad gevleugelde man van Uppåkra, brons Middeleeuwse broches They were wrapped from kneesThis 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.