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Haakon Schetelig. 



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plate being broadest in the direction transverse to that of the bow, 

 as all tliese features are characteristic of the advanced transformatrøn 

 of the type. 



In the brooch illustrated in fig. 44 r ) the foot-plate is just a 

 little broader than the bow and consequently not much diverging 

 from the preceding one; it is fully developed in the large and fine 

 specimens figs. 45 2 ) and 46. In fig. 46 the nose of the animal- 

 head is ornamented with three small knobs of silver. The note- 



worthy variations in the 

 shape of the bow will be 

 treated separately below. 



As already mentioned, 

 I explain the appearance 

 of such brooehes in the 

 Eastern parts of the Penin- 

 sula by supposing an intiu- 

 ence from the Western 

 forms, but before leaving 

 the question. I ought to 

 remark that such an iniiu- 

 ence from the Western 

 forms, though I regard it 

 as the most satisfactory ex- 

 planation, is by no means 

 an established fact; it is 

 not excluded that the form 

 in question has developed 

 independently in both di- 

 stricts. Such a parallelism 

 is very natural in the de- 

 velopment of forms originat- 

 ing from the same prototype. 

 A third explanation perhaps deserves to be tåken into consideration. 

 As is well known, the rich funeral rites through which are distingu- 

 ishecl the Norwegian graves from the 5th and 6th cent. came out 



a ) Medelpad, Sweden. Stockholm Museum, no. 10940. — From Månads- 

 blad 1898—99 p. 146. 



3 ) Fig 45 : Bohuslen, Sweden. Stockholm Museum, no. 10128. From 

 Månadsblad 1896, p. 59. — Fig. 46 : Arendal Museum, no. 124. From a photo- 

 graph kindly forwarded by the council of the Museum. 



