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Buttons

Ten small hemispherical gilded bronze buttons. All are fire-damaged to a greater or lesser extent. The tops are decorated with raised bead flanges. On the undersides of some of them the fastening, in the form of a small disc stud, remains. The buttons probably come from a thin upper garment, such as a shirt. Grave find, Klinta, Köping Parish, Öland.

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Object number: 3001476_HST

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