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Photo of the original Thor's hammer in silver found somewhere in Skåne, Sweden, that belonged to a collecton owned by the baron Claes Kurck. Unreliable sources says that the hammer was found in Kabbarp near Staffanstorp in Skåne, Sweden. Photo cropped from the original. SHM 9822:810.

English description from The Viking World exhibit (Link): Silver 'Thor’s hammer pendant'. The loop has a bird of prey face with pronounced beak, slightly protruding eyes and pronounced eyebrows. The forehead is decorated in filigree which transitions into two lying S-shaped arcs. The sides are covered by small, open circles which continue down over the shaft and hammerhead. The surface of the hammerhead and shaft have swirl decoration in combination with more sparse filigree ornamentation. Lower down on the shaft there is a recess which indicates an inlaid stone of glass or other material. The back of the pendant is smooth, but somewhat sunken. The pendant is a stray find from Skåne, which is one reason why it is sometimes called the 'Skåne hammer'. We do not know how it was found, but other Thor's hammer pendants were part of hoards, in other words not grave finds. We do not know who wore them or in what circumstances. They were probably made in southern Scandinavia or perhaps northern Germany. Other precious metal jewellery with similar bird of prey heads has been found there.

Swedish description (Link): Så kallat torshammarhänge i silver. På bäröglan ett rovfågelsansikte med markerad näbb och lätt utstående ögon och markerade ögonbryn. Pannan är ornerad i filigran som övergår i två liggande S-formade bågformer. Sidorna är täckta av små, öppna cirklar som fortsätter ner över skaftet och hammarhuvudet. Hammarhuvudets och skaftets yta har virveldekor i kombination med en glesare filigranornering. Nedtill på skaftet finns ett hålrum som tyder på en infattningssten av glas eller annat material. Hängets baksida är slät men något insjunken. Hänget är ett lösfynd från Skåne, vilket bidragit till att det ibland kallas "Skånehammaren". Vi vet inte hur det hittades, men andra torshammarhängen har varit delar av skatter, det vill säga inte gravfynd. Vi vet inte vem som bar dem eller i vilka sammanhang. Tillverkningsområdet är med stor sannolikhet Sydskandinavien eller möjligen norra Tyskland, andra smycken i ädelmetall med liknande rovfågelshuvuden har hittats där.
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