Yesterday, I told you the #IronAge was weird.... well, here's the categorical proof!
Yes, a #Torc with a knot in it! Yes, it would appear it's an Iron Age knot. We have absolutely no idea why someone would tie a knot in a torc (there aren't other known examples), but my suspicion is it was done because they could - this is not easy thing to do & my gut feeling is this is a goldsmith showing off their skill set.
But whatever it is, I love it! ❤️
📷 British Museum
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@tess_machling It's likely that you would need to keep annealing it to do the knot without it cracking but it would then be weaker just there. Smarty pants Smith!
