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plate being broadest in the direction transverse to that of the bow, 
as all these features are characteristic of the advanced transformation 
of the type. | 
In the brooch illustrated in fig. 441) 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%) 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 brooches in the 
Eastern parts of the Penin- 
sula by supposing an influ- 
ence from the Western 
forms, but before leaving 
the question, I ought to 
remark that such an influ- 
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- 
striets. Such å parallelism 
is very natural in the de- 
velopment of forms originat- 
ing from the same prototype. 
A third explanation perhaps deserves to be taken into consideration. 
Ås is well known, the rich funeral rites through which are distingu- 
ished the Norwegian graves from the 5th and 6th cent. came out 
1) Medelpad, Sweden. Stockholm Museum, no. 10940. — From Månads- 
blad 1898—99 p. 146. 
2) 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. 
