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Ears rings, arm and finger rings hafva not used in the patches in the elderly time. The only ring of this kind, used in them, is the wedding ring of the patch wife. This is afar silfver, on the finger extended to a plain, in which many small rings are honoured. (Source: Kristoffer Sjulsson’s Memories. On the Weapons Montages at the Beginning of the 1800s, the Swedish Museum of Art. 1979 In the clothing, silver was used; flat silver buttons (-sheets) were used on belts and close-round silver buttons, mills and buckles were used on the silver collar. The Sami did not forge their silver. It was made on their behalf by the goldsmiths of the cities. The Sami had determined perceptions of what silver objects they wanted and what they would look like. It could be jewelry, drink vessels and spoons. It was above all older, gladly medieval, forms preferred by the Sami. In the late Middle Ages, Sami society experienced a boom with stable economy, and the style that was then developed then adhered to. The subject forms also had an influence on the objects manufactured by the Sami themselves. The hornspoons embellishment is influenced by the shapes of the silver spoons. At the same time, the silver spoon is influenced by the Sami horn engraving. The silver had an important function in the past as a safe and value-resistant capital placement, unlike the reindeer herd, which could be reduced in bad years. The silver was easy to bring, important in a nomadic society, and could be hidden without being destroyed. Literature Tips: Fjellström, Phebe: Lapska silver 1-2. Stockholm. 1962.