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The eruciform brooches of Norway. 



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very late brooch I conclude from the remarkable development of 

 the bow and from the curions form of the animal head. 



The most important feature in the trans formation of this series 

 is, however, the widening of the flat part of the foot which is 

 generativ provided with two wings, making the foot broader than 

 the end of the bow. At first the wings are very narrow, appearing 

 only as lower edges along 

 the sides of the foot (fig. 

 90). a ) In later specimens 

 they become broader and 

 appear in varying forms. 

 Commonly they have 

 rounded corners and an in- 

 cision in the middle. which 

 gives to eaeh of them the 

 shape of two semicircular 

 projections (fig. 9 1). 2 ) By 

 a slight change these pro- 

 jections are transformed 

 into ornamental animals 

 placed along the sides of 

 the foot (fig. 92). 3 ) 



The form seen in the 

 last two figures represents 

 one of the most uniform 

 varieties of the eruciform 

 brooches; it is found in 

 great number all over 

 Western Norway and in 

 specimens showing very 

 little difference from one 

 another. The only part 

 which shows some more 

 striking differences is the 

 animal-head or rather the nose of the head, a point apparently 

 especially tit for further ornamental additions. Two such variations 



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2 ) Kvasseim, Egersund pgd. Jæderen. B. 5306. 



2 j Indre Opedal, Brekke pgd. Sogn. B. 2671. Lorange: N. Olds. i B. M. 

 p. 100—101. 



3 J Røldal, Hardanger. B. 450. Lorange: 1. c. p. 79. 



