slavic svantevit amulet wolin 9th 10th century silvered bronze Huisdecoratie Washing instructions: Handwash

Washing instructions: Handwash

The edges and the shield boss are painted in a lifelike manner so that they appear to be crafted from steel

and is now held within the collection of the National Museum of Copenhagen

These shoes are made of 2 mm thick cowhide

The chain mail is tighter than most models and is therefore suitable to be worn without padding for a long time

slavic svantevit amulet wolin 9th 10th century silvered bronze Huisdecoratie Washing instructions: HandwashThis amulet is modeled after a wooden cult statue found in 1974 on the Polish island of Wolin. A total of four comparable statues are known, each around 6 cm high and dating from the 9th 10th centuries, each with four faces possibly symbolizing the four directions or the four seasons. Svantevit was a high Slavic god, worshiped by the Ranen on Rgen and other Elbe and Baltic Sea Slavs as a god of war, god of fertility and abundance, and as an oracle