Medieval Bronze Clothing Buckle shipcloth dust and corrosion

dust and corrosion

and wheel-finished

American Ethnological Society Proceedings

Dani society was based on agriculture

renowned for its cool

Medieval Bronze Clothing Buckle shipcloth dust and corrosionMedieval Period, c. 8801240 AD, Kievan Rus, Eastern Europe A delicately cast bronze double buckle, finely formed and exhibiting the robust utilitarian elegance typical of Kievan Rus metalwork. The design, found across numerous Kievan Rus archaeological sites, features a double loop that allowed the belts end to be neatly secured behind the bucklean ingenious and practical construction. Likely once silvered or gilded, the surface now bears a rich green