Bronze Age Art in Ireland
This is a gold Dress Fastener. It was used to close a ladies dress at the collar. This fastener was made about 700 B.C.
Another similar Dress Fastener made about the same time, was found in special box. To SEE it point the mouse at the picture.
Questions:
- Where did the gold come from?
- How would the fastener have been made?
- Where would this have been used on the dress?
- How would it have been shaped?
- What sort of person do you think might have owned it?
- What do you think was used to make the circle designs?
- Make a drawing covered with these designs.
This is a lead box covered with very thin gold. It was found in the Bog of Allen in County Kildare. It was made in about 700 B.C.
Questions:
Look carefully at the box.
- What does BC mean?
- Where is the Bog of Allen?
- Where would the gold have come from?
- How would it have been made so thin?
- Use the designs on the box to make your own picture