Cool briton shit (pt. 2, customs)
Above is a depiction of briton Tattoos. The ink was colorful but blue was favored and made using blue dye from the woad plant. Unlike other tribes, the iceni would use both paint and tattoos before war and during rituals.
Men would often spike up their hair and use lime to dye it white.
This is a dobunni coin, they aren't used like our money as they're purely special tokens signifying an importance. They are earned. There was no money in the Iron Age. People were not paid with money for the work they did. People would swap what they made for something else. For example, a blacksmith could swap a tool they had made for food from a farmer. This type of trade is called bartering or exchange.
The battersea shield was used as an offering to nature itself, hence why there is no handle. Tribes would often sacrifice items with meaning to river streams of water, bury them in houses, or hide them.
The britons didnt have gods in the literal sense, but rather worshipped personifications of the natural world. They had priests, otherwise known as druids, who would help them lead ceremonies of worship. Druids wore necklaces, head wraps or jewelry, earrings, and rings to signal their status. Druids could also be men or women.
