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| Keywords: Viking - Box-Shaped Brooch - Walters 542373 - Three Quarter.jpg Box-shaped brooches such as this one were worn by the Viking women of Gotland the islands in the Baltic Sea south of Sweden to fasten a shawl or cloak about the shoulders They also doubled as containers to hold small objects A cast open latticework design fills the banded sides of the box and the circular front closure; the front of the brooch is further ornamented at the center with a series of raised cast squares and a highly polished circle 9th-mid 11th century Medieval bronze cm 3 7 6 d x diam accession number 54 2373 20160 James Graham Sons Inc New York Walters Art Museum 1952 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1952 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin Burgundy France 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 Brooches | ||||
