Northern Europe / Central Asia, Finno-Ugric culture, ca. 5th to 11th century CE. A pair of pretty matched silver adornments with hammered and stamped designs in repeated symmetrical patterns. Each has four loops at the back for attachment; bronze patina on the backs suggest they were attached to a bronze article or buried next to one. Comes with custom stand. Size of each: 1.95" W x 2.5" H (5 cm x 6.4 cm)

Although nearly all of our knowledge of this culture comes from grave goods, these items seem to have been extensively used in life, based upon wear patterns (unlike some other cultures, where goods are produced solely to be placed in graves). They would have been sewn onto clothing or onto saddle attachments at a time when flashing, jingling decoration was in fashion. The Finno-Ugric peoples lived in west central Siberia, from modern day Perm north to the Arctic Sea. They freely took artistic influence from those who came before them, like the Scytho-Siberians, and from colonists from the West, like the Vikings, but developed their own clear style that archaeologists know from graves scattered throughout the taiga.

Provenance: Ex-LA County, USA collection formed between 1980 and 2000

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Surface wear and patina on reverse; form and details are very clear