spear-head
- Museum number
- 1856,0701.1452
- Description
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Iron spear-head with a long angular blade. The socket is inlaid with silver wires and incised with triple chevrons and scroll designs.
- Production date
- 11thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 379 millimetres
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Weight: 340 grammes
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Width: 54 millimetres
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Depth: 28 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2014-2015 Jul-Jan, Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Vikings
2014 6 Mar-22 Jun, London, British Museum, Viking: Life and Legend
2013 21 Jun-30 Nov, Denmark, Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark, Viking
1982 3 Apr-31 Oct, York, Yorkshire Museum, The Vikings in England and their Danish Homeland
1981 5 Sep-31 Dec, Denmark, Århus, Moesgård Museum, The Vikings in England and their Danish Homeland
1981 11 Apr-16 Aug, Denmark, Copenhagen, The Danish National Museum, The Vikings in England and their Danish Homeland
- Acquisition date
- 1856
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1856,0701.1452
