A Box for Tiny Treasures
This round box brooch was made in Gotland, Sweden, between 700 and 900 CE. A Viking woman
would have worn it to secure her shawl and hold tiny precious objects.
Source via the Metropolitan Museum of Art under a Creative Commons Open License.
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