Anklets of bronze

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These two bronze anklets were found at Migdale in Sutherland in a hoard containing an axehead, jewellery and dress accessories. The dress accessories reflect female fashions in central and northern Europe between 2250 and 1950 BC.

The anklets are made of butt-jointed strips of cast bronze, with triple horizontal mouldings around their exterior. They are decorated between the mouldings with close-set vertical lines, and with faint slanting nicks on their outer edges.

The Migdale hoard represents the possessions of a wealthy high status owner, with links across the North Sea.

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• Online ID: 000-100-034-728-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DQ 337
• Date: Between 2250 and 1950 BC
  
• Material: Bronze; made of a bent cast strip with a triple moulding outside and closely set vertical lines in the grooves
  Bronze; made of a bent cast strip with a triple moulding outside and closely set vertical lines in the grooves
  Armlet
  Armlet
  
• Dimensions: 2.60" - 2.70" D; 0.80" - 0.85" W; 0.10" thick
  2.60" - 2.70" D; 0.80" - 0.85" W; 0.10" thick
  
• What: Armlet
  Armlet
  
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• Where: Scotland, Sutherland, Migdale
  Scotland, Sutherland, Migdale
  
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• Description: Bronze armlet made of a bent cast strip with a triple moulding outside and closely set vertical lines in the grooves, from Migdale
  Bronze armlet made of a bent cast strip with a triple moulding outside and closely set vertical lines in the grooves, from Migdale
  
• References:
  • Clarke, D.V., Cowie, T.G., & Foxon, Andrew (eds). Symbols of power at the time of Stonehenge. Edinburgh: National Museums of Antiquities of Scotland, 1985, pp 107-8, 110, 302-3. 
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