Viking Chain with Needle Box "Björkö"

Authentic Viking chain with a needle box from Björkö.

Here you can buy a detailed Viking stave chain with a needle box, made after an archaeological find from the island of Björkö.

The needle box on this Viking chain is a true-to-detail replica from the Viking town of Birka and dates to the 10th century.

Link to the original needle box...

Bronze needle boxes are known from many different sites of the Viking Age. They were found in Birka and on Gotland, among other places. Viking needle boxes often consisted only of a simple rolled sheet of metal, but there were also elaborate needle boxes cast in bronze.

The needle box is attached to the two-link stave chain by two S-hooks, which are attached to a brooch fastened to the chest.

The complete Viking brooch chain measures 16 cm including the hook and the needle box, so that the needle box is at about chest height.

You can buy the brooch necklace in high-quality bronze and in real silver-plated.

The needle box measures 5 x 2 cm with an inner diameter of 0.7 mm and is suitable for needles up to 5 cm long.

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To ensure that the delicate needles made of bone or metal did not get lost and were always at hand, Viking women usually carried a small needle box made of bone, antler or bronze on their clothing.

The needle box was often tube-like and open on both sides. At that time, a piece of virgin wool inside the needle box provided the necessary hold for the precious needles and ensured that they did not slip out and were still easy to grasp.