Not my era, but those tortoise brooches are all hollowed, right? Which
argues for them being put over some convex body area.
Also, I came across this interesting link:
http://www3.baylor.edu/~Chris_Marsh/risala.htm
In section 82 there are two references to females wearing metal or
wooden "boxes" on, specifically, their breasts.
Fran
Beth and Bob Matney wrote:
There has been a bit of discussion about this on the Norsefolk_2 list.
Here is an image of her reconstruction:
see bottom of http://www.uu.se/press/pm.php?id=48
http://www.newsdesk.se/pressroom/uu/image/view/pm_vikingakvinna1-5825
Beth
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