viking kite brooch
The Waterford Kite Brooch, the finest piece of
secular metal work dates from about 1100 AD.
It is very much part of the native Irish Tradition even
though it incorporates Scandinavian and other
foreign elements. Its manufacture in Late Viking Age
Waterford shows not only the degree to which the
Vikings had been assimilated by the native
population but also the contribution made
by the Scandinavians to native metal work.
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