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Kilt Pin Brooches
According to scholars, the history of the Celts has been deemed a construct. Consequently,
Celtic art manifests an eclecticism that derives from the synthesis of styles, which passed through the continent. Celtic brooches exemplify this notion of artistic representation originating from the borrowing of style and objects from other cultures
The origins of the Celtic brooch, its design and functions, and the appropriate use and significance of brooches in the Early Medieval, Celtic period in Ireland. Specifically, the appropriation of the ancient brooch by the Celts, and this later evolved into an avenue for using jewelry as a means of expressing personal wealth and status.
Brooches have been a part of Celtic tradition since antiquity. Research suggests that brooches emerged in the middle of the second millennium BC. It is likely that brooches found their way to Ireland because of trade during the Greek era.
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