96 Haakon Schetelig. [NO080 
Respecting the general transformatiom of the type and the 
technical improvements observed in the eruciform 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 583) 
with addition of the special differences noted in the deseription 
above. Only in one brooch from Western Norway may be noted 
a technical innovation, though of no great importance. In the 
hen Ti, 
specimen fig. 115") 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 
1) Grindeim, Etne pgd. Søndhordland. Stavanger Museum no. 2616. Stav. 
mus. aarsb. 19014, p. 76, fig. 19. 
