ANCIENT BALTIC VIKING BRONZE AMULET JEWELLERY WITH ATTACHMENT

17.5 Grams

Although Vikings are known to have come in their majority from the Scandinavian region, Norway, Denmark and Sweden are not the only places these fearless sailor warriors came from. Vikings of the Baltic Sea, some tribes with great traditions of fighting and sailing could easily overshadow the most famous Scandinavian Vikings. These tribes came from the Estonian island of Saarema (Oeselians), and the shores of Latvia and Lithuania (Curonians)

Vikings wore a wide array of jewellery as it brought some glamour to their seemingly dark world. It is important to note, that wearing the jewellery was only its secondary purpose, it was mainly used as means of exchange

Age: 900-1100 AD

Found in present-day Lithuania