animal-head brooch
- Museum number
- 1892,1208.1
- Description
-
Copper alloy animal-head brooch; broad central rib, with narrow rib forming two arms from the middle; all-over punched dot decoration; originally soldered back-plate; cast.
- Production date
- 11thC
- Dimensions
-
Length: 5.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager 'Summary Catalogue' (draft MS)
Provenance:
Gotland, Sweden; registration nos. 1892,1208.1-3 from a grave
Published:
CARLSSON A. 1983. Djurhuvudformiga spännen och gotländsk vikingatid, Stockholm Studies in Archaeology 5. Stockholm, p. 186 no. 94:158
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
2017 08 Apr - TBC, Jorvik Viking Centre, Jorvik Artefact Gallery LT Loan.
- Acquisition date
- 1892
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1892,1208.1
