Breaking oval brooches

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Liittynyt: 20 Marras 2018, 06:39
Paikkakunta: Karelia

Breaking oval brooches

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I've found two pieces of oval brooches (separate finds ~2 km apart) in the last 30 days, and it got me thinking: why were these broken? Oval Karelian brooches are quite hard to crack (I have one intact brooch, and it is very sturdy). It must take a strong blow to crack one, and a lot of effort to flatten one. Why were they broken? And why was one piece flattened? Maybe it was a child's play of "crack the tortoise?" Or was it a symbolic ritual?

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Re: Breaking oval brooches

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Probably some partly melted brooch pieces from funeral pyre.
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Re: Breaking oval brooches

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Astalo kirjoitti: 27 Touko 2019, 15:04 Probably some partly melted brooch pieces from funeral pyre.
Thanks, that's also something to keep in mind!
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Helping me dig are my karjalankarhukoira Taika and her puppy Björn
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