Large Brooch, 1100–1000 BC, European Bronze Age, Copper alloy, Overall: 11 1/8 x 7 11/16 x 1 11/16 in. (28.2 x 19.5 x 4.3 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, This brooch is one of the largest, most complex objects of its type to survive from late Bronze Age Europe. The five dynamic spirals were composed of three long wires. Hanging from the horizontal section are six composite elements: at the top of each is a bird surmounting a horse bit, beneath which are rings and pairs of dagger blades
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Large Brooch, 1100–1000 BC, European Bronze Age, Copper alloy, Overall, 11 1/8 x 7 11/16 1 11/16, 28.2 19.5 4.3 cm, Metalwork-Copper, brooch, largest, complex objects, type, survive, late Bronze, Age, Europe, five dynamic, spirals, composed, three long, wires, Hanging, horizontal section, six composite, elements, top, bird surmounting, horse bit, beneath, rings, pairs, dagger blades
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