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Old 1st February 2008, 01:31 AM   #5
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I think it is the form of a person with raised arms. You also see this in an unrelated tribe in the north, the Kalinga, where their shields are in the form of a stylized human, 2 prongs down for legs, 3 prongs up for the head and raised arms.

I am quite sure it is silver mounts by the look of the oxidation and tradition.

Glad you got this one Bill.

Here are two old threads with great info:

http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000548.html

http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001052.html
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