pilgrim stitch figure with bird and bell 15th century bronze Viking hangers reflecting the needs of the

reflecting the needs of the wearer

reflecting the style of 6th-century broad-headed brooches

It is handmade of steel and treated with oil

women and even slaves used knives like this and they have been excavated from Iceland to France

pilgrim stitch figure with bird and bell 15th century bronze Viking hangers reflecting the needs of theThis special pilgrim sign shows a so called 'phallustier': a half human winged figure with a trousers and shoes on, with a pecking bird on top and a moving bell at the bottom. The design is modeled after a Dutch discovery from 1400 1450, originally from tin, from the Van Beuningen collection. These types of profane, humorous signs were widespread in the Low Countries, England and other Northern European regions in the late Middle Ages and were mainly