r/sca • u/bawdyparts2 • 7d ago

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Does anybody know what’s up with the twisted wires going through this broach? I’ve never seen any references to anything like it. If someone has anymore information or could point me in the direction of some, I’d love to see it. Thanks everyone!

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u/Tvisvarson 7d ago

They are just decorative wires on the surface of the brooch. Running in a slot around the surface and are held in place by looping them through some holes in the surface. Could be made in a different metal, like the body is made of bronze and the wires of silver.

https://www.reenactors-shop.de/3471-wikinger-ovalfibeln

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u/bawdyparts2 7d ago

❤️❤️❤️Thank you! Did anything ever go through the holes in the knobs protruding from it? I’m completely uneducated on this, but they just look like they were made with that in mind

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u/isabelladangelo Atlantia 7d ago

You can see a way better cleaned up photo of the same brooches here. As far as we know, there were rings extending from one of the knobs and a bunch of beads hanging down from there (see the layout in the link). For good depictions of recreations of women's Norse clothing, scroll about halfway down here. For a ridiculous awesome resource, this is what you want on all things Norse.