This fitting is inspired by a Viking Age bag found in the Röstahammaren burial site near Lake Storsjön in Jämtland. It was used as a decoration on the lid of the bag.
The bag was found in the most affluent male grave, MIV, and can be dated to the second half of the 9th century. The man was buried in a stone mound alongside a horse and a dog. He wore the belt with the bag and brought with him items including a silver-inlaid sword and spear, an axe and shield, horse equipment, scales, as well as iron and horn hunting arrowheads. A fragment of an Arabic silver coin, minted in the year 943/44 AD, provides an indication of the burial’s timing.
The original bag is now at the Historical Museum in Stockholm. See: Link to the original.
Made of bronze.
