Obelisk

This gilded bronze brooch was discovered in the grave of a wealthy 10th century woman in Enghøj on the Jutland peninsula of Denmark. Made in the 9th century in Ireland or Scotland, the 6 cm disk once adorned a Christian reliquary before it was pillaged by Viking raiders. Less than a hundred years later, it was modified to serve as a brooch, and was brought to Denmark as part of the viking emigration. read more