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19: Objects changed form and function
20: Viking era art – stylised animals
21: High quality goldsmithery
22: Iron ore for weapons and tools
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24: Remarkable tools in wetland
25: Weaving – associated with the Norns
26: Different objects made of bone and antler
27: Recycling of bronze and silver
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25. Weaving – associated with the Norns
Smoothing stone
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Smoothing stone
Black glass "polishing" or "smoothing stone". Sometimes used for pressing textiles. The stone would be heated, somewhat like the clothes irons of later times. Found at Svarta Jorden, Birka, Adelsö Parish, Uppland.
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Object number:
106811_HST
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