1906] The eruciform brooches of Norway. 73 
very late brooch I conelude from the remarkable development of 
the bow and from the ceurious form of the animal head. 
The most important feature in the transformation of this series 
is, however, the widening of the flat part of the foot which is 
generally 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 (tig. 
90).) In later specimens 
they become broader and 
appear in varying forms. 
Commonly they have 
rounded corners and an in- 
eision in the middle, which 
gives to each of them the 
shape of two semicircular 
projections (fig. 91).*) By 
a slight change these pro- 
jections are transformed 
into ornamental animals 
placed along the sides of 
the foot (fig. 92).*) 
The form seen in the 
last two figures represents 
one of the most uniform 
varieties of the cruciform 
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 fit for further ornamental additions. "Two such variations 
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Fie. 88. 1/1. 
1) Kvasseim, Egersund pgd. Jæderen. B. 5306. 
?) Indre Opedal, Brekke pgd. Sogn. B. 92671. LoranGE: N. Olds. i B. M. 
p. 100—101. 
3) Røldal, Hardanger. B. 450. DLorancGE: 1. c. p. 79. 
