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from Tiree, Inner Hebrides

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000-100-104-164-C
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Pin

This bronze dress pin was found with at least one, and probably a pair, of oval brooches, apparently from a Norse woman's grave on Tiree in the Inner Hebrides. The pin was probably made in Ireland, and brought to Scotland as loot or an object of trade.

The pin has four knobs at the corners of the openwork lozenge-shaped head. The thick upper knob is pierced between its top and bottom.

Dress pins were used to fasten cloaks throughout northern Europe. They occur in a range of materials and styles. Some were quite elaborate, and clearly meant to display social status as well as hold together clothing.


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Online ID: 000-100-104-164-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.IL 220
Date: 850 - 950
Between 850 and 950
Material: Bronze; open lozenge-shaped head
Dimensions: 6.75" L
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Where: Scotland, Argyll, Tiree
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Description: Insular open lozenge-headed bronze pin, probably Irish, from Tiree, 850 - 950
References:
  • Graham-Campbell, James and Batey, Colleen E. Vikings in Scotland. An Archaeological Survey. Edinburgh: University Press, 1998, p 87. 
  • Grieg, Sigurd. Viking Antiquities in Scotland (=Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, Part II, ed. by Haakon Shetelig). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1940, p 63. 
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