1906] The eruciform brooches of Norway. 85 
they are very rare in Scandinavia; in Øland only some few speci- 
mens are found.”) Å similar termination of the foot is unknown 
in brooches from the Western parts of the Teutonic countries with 
the one exception of some of the eruciform brooches in the Scan- 
dinavian Peninsula. It is then very likely that this form, when 
appearing in Scandinavia, has been borrowed from the Prussian 
brooches. 
This conelusion is confirmed by some peculiarities observed in 
the Scandinavian brooches of this sort. The edge of the semi- 
eireular plate is sometimes cogged in å way much resembling the 
Fig. 101. 1. 
shape of the real star-pattern foot (fig. 105,3) fig. 64, and Ab. 1878 
fig. 3); in other cases the splits in the edges have been replaced 
by a series of holes placed at some distance from the edge, while 
small incisions in the surface still indicate the places of the former 
splits (see Ab. 1878, fig. 3); sometimes the holes are left as the 
1) The brooches from Øland are enumerated by dr. HACKMan 1. c. p. 161, 
foot-note 2. Besides those mentioned there dr. ÅLMGREN has kindly informed 
me about two instances of such brooches in Øland, both from the parish of 
Gårby (Kalmar Museum no. 2165 and Göteborgs Museum no. 1911). An irregular 
brooch, though with foot-plate of the sort treated here, is figured by SALIN: 
Thierornamentik fig. 457; it is also found in Øland. 
2) Vestly, Lye pgd. Jæderen. B. 2532. LoraneGE: N. Olds. i B. M. p. 56. 
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