1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻
#FindsFriday #Celtic: `An extraordinary group of sculptures was discovered buried in ditches in the most imposing fortifications enclosing an aristocratic residence occupied between the sixth and first centuries BCE. All the statues are made from the same rare, hard-wearing stone, and in the same style, indicating that they belong together as a group. They may have been intended to honour the ancestors of the family which occupied the fortress. `
Source: Le musée de Bibracte
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#FindsFriday #Celtic: `Pointed daggers with anthropomorphic handles were rarer than the more common long swords, and used only by the aristocracy. The inlaid gold moons on the top of the blade are further evidence of the high status attached to these weapons. With its hilt shaped to suggest four limbs and a painstakingly detailed beardless face, this is a truly human-looking weapon. It is easy to imagine these daggers being identified with a deity or a spirit, who would be asked to render the bearer invincible. Manufactured using the same lost-wax casting technique, human heads were also used to decorate chariots, being added to linch-pins attaching the wheel to the axles.`
Source: Le musée de Bibracte