Pin

A Late Bronze Age copper alloy pin dating 1,200 to 700 BCE. This pin has a decorative, globular head with a geometric pattern and inlaid material. The top of the head is decorated with nine hatched triangles arranged in a circle around an inset pierced bead, probably made of amber. The sides of the head have four similar, evenly-spaced beads, each separated by a hatched triangle. On the underside of the head more hatched triangles radiate from the shaft, the top of which is decorated by horizontal lines. An imported piece from West Central Europe.

Bronze jewellery became more popular in the Middle Bronze age throught to the Late Bronze Age. Pins like this were used to secure clothing or possibly hairstyles. The decorative pattern on this pin may represent the sun. The sun was an important part of how Bronze Age communities understood how the world worked, from the passing of a day to the changing seasons. The sun was linked to regeneration and new life.