buckle
- Museum number
- 1831,1101.145
- Description
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Buckle; walrus ivory; upper part, with tongue, turning upon piece of copper wire; front surface: engraved with floral designs upon hatched background.
- Production date
- 1150-1175 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 10 millimetres
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Length: 63.41 millimetres
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Width: 29.30 millimetres
- Location
- On display (G40/dc5)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2011 14 Nov-2012 22 Apr, USA, New York, The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis
2011 15 Apr-12 Sep, Stornoway, Museum nan Eilean
2011 29 Jan-27 Mar, Shetland Museum & Archives
2010 7 Oct-8 Jan, Aberdeen Art Gallery
2010 21 May-19 Sep, Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland
2000 4 Apr-14 Oct, Stornoway, Museum nan Eilean, Norse & Viking Isles: Gall Ghadheil
1995 Oct 12-1996 Jan 14, Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, 'Lewis Chessmen'
1992 26 Dec-1993 14 Mar, Denmark, Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet, Vikings and Christians
1992 1 Sep-15 Nov, Germany, Berlin, Altes Museum, Wikinger, Waräger, Normannen. Die Skandinavier und Europa 800-1200
1992 1 Apr-20 Jul, France, Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Les Vikings... Les Scandinaves et l’Europe 800-1200
- Acquisition date
- 1831
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1831,1101.145
