School/style: Style III
Cultures/periods: Viking
Production date: 8thC-9thC
Found/Acquired: Europe: Scandinavia: Sweden: Gotland
Materials: Gold
Diameter: 4 centimetres
Gold bracteate pendant: central roundel with beaded border and 3 repoussé Style III animal heads underneath schematic U-shaped human mask; broad concentric border of punched and stamped decoration, with punched rim; suspension loop a ribbed cylinder; small triangle of granulation beneath.