FINE VIKING COIL RING C.850-1050 AD, SIZE 9 ¼

Gold over bronze. Over 3 1. turns, 0.24” (6.4mm)” width, size9 1/48. Round section with delicately tapered terminals, slightly worn from use and burial. Made by the lost-wax process, coil beads, rings, and other adornment elements were very popular in Viking culture. Due to its age, resizing is not advised. Professionally refurbished with the 24karat gold overlay restored, for  ment at Indian Agencies. Following the Winnebago War of 1827, a policy, part of the greater effort to bring peace and a degree of assimilation, was to establish such shops and train Indians. See  

https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=ljh

While this scholarly work by Liberty University concentrates on the shop at Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, it repeatedly mentions that other shops are known and that their existence and function has been largely ignored. This is a rare example iron arrowhead produced by Indians in North Central America, about 1850. It is under 1 ½” (1.46”) long, diamond form with medial ridge one side, flat the other and short tang. Ex: Indian Ridge Museum, Elyria Ohio, Vietzen Collection.