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Here's one of the mounts. The swirling spirals & shield-like pelta motifs, like the use of rich red enamel, characterised the Celtic-speaking peoples of Britain & Ireland. The #AngloSaxons favoured these hanging bowls & most surviving examples come from their graves #SuttonHoo80
#ExploreYourArchive #LoveArchives #BritishMuseum #SuttonHoo80 ship burial was discovered 80 years ago. Here’s a photo of a couple watching a TV show a about the find, which was filmed by #BBC in @britishmuseum in 1950, the first TV show to be filmed there.