THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE OF ERGEME
Clothing and jewellery
Little is known about the clothes of people inhabiting Ergeme Castle. Their belts had metal buckles; buttons, loops and hooks were used to fasten clothes. Iron horseshoe shaped taps were used to strengthen the heels of their footwear. Mentioning jewellery, only two bronze rings and separate glass beads were found, as well as a Revel shilling of Heinrich von Gallen (1551-1557) with two holes from a disintegrated necklace. Metal needles and a thimble were used for sewing and mending clothes.
Bronze ring with a disc-shaped front
Revel shilling of Master of the Livonian Order, Heinrich von Gallen (1551-1557), with 2 holes, a part of jewellery
Ornamented bronze thimble
Half of an ornamented bronze bell
Iron belt buckle
Iron loop for fastening clothes
Iron horseshoe tap of a boot heel
Bronze belt buckle
Bronze ring (?) with a twisted spiral middle section
Glass beads
Iron needle
1 kopeck of Tsar of Russia, Nicholas I, 1841, with a hole for use as a pendant
Iron horseshoe tap of a boot heel
