viking jeweled winged man of uppaakra bronze Middeleeuwse rokken The belt is made of

The belt is made of strong cow leather and has a beautiful buckle with an antique finish

It was only from the 9th century onwards that the Vikings employed these decorations as brooches

As a result they are more suitable for children and people with relatively small ears

These ankle boots are based on originals that were worn between 1350 and 1440

viking jeweled winged man of uppaakra bronze Middeleeuwse rokken The belt is made ofThe piece of jewellery is a replica of an 8th10th century original discovered in 1990 in a cemetery near Uppkra. The winged man symbolises Wieland the blacksmith, a demigod blacksmith from Old Norse and Old Frisian mythology. The figure appeared also in Germanic and earlier Indo European mythology.