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| Keywords: Viking - Arm Ring - Walters 57467.jpg Together with its mate Walters 57 466 this bracelet has stylized animal-head terminals much like those found on jewelry made by Germanic peoples to the south Arm rings or armlets made by twisting thick and thin rods of gold or silver were common during the Viking period when wealth was literally worn on one's sleeves Arm rings the portable savings accounts of the Vikings would be collected exchanged or hacked up to provide weighed amounts of gold to purchase goods century 9 11 Medieval gold cm 6 1 6 6 0 7 accession number 57 467 28543 oseph Brummer Henry Walters Baltimore February 8 1927 by purchase Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1927 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 place of origin southwest Russia Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Viking jewellery Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Armlets | ||||
