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Haakon Schetelig. 



[No. 8 



Respecting* the general transformation of the type and the 

 technieal improvements observed in the cruciform brooches of West- 

 ern Norway I may refer to the remarks upon the same matter made 

 in connexion with the description of the Eastern forms (page 53) 

 with addition of the special differences noted in the description 

 above. Only in one brooch from Western Norway may be noted 

 a technieal innovation, thongh of no great importance. In the 



Fig. 115. 



specimen fig. 115 1 ) which is in all respects an excellent example 

 of the workmanship characteristic of the late Western varieties, the 

 concave underside of the foot and the top-knob is covered with 

 thin bronze-plate to give to the brooch an accomplished appearance 



] ) Grindeim, Etne pgd. Søndhordland. Stavanger Museum no. 2616. Stav. 

 mus. aarsb. 1904, p. 76, fig. 12. 



