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The originals
of our grouse were found beside to an ancient sami sacrificial
stone in Sweden. They were made of pewter or bronze. Analysis
of the bronze showed that some of the grouse were produced near
lake Ladoga in Russia.
The design shows that they were specially made for sami customers.
In the Middle Ages there existed an important trade with fur
in the sami areas. The grouse were probably highly priced trade
goods.
The ring attached to the back of the grouse indicates that they
have been used as pendants.
Some of the original grouse were made of pewter. This metal is
so easy to work with that the sami people probably could have
casted the grouse themselves, using the bronze grouse as models.
If it is really the sami people who produced the pewter grouses,
this would be the first proof of sami metalwork.
The grouses have such an elegant form, that they could have been
designed by a modern designer.
Tana
Gull og Sølvsmie AS
THE place to buy Sami Silver in Northern Norway.