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  • Tags: Archaeological Artefacts

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Part of a wooden gaming board for playing tafl. One piece is displayed on it to indicate its function. In the foreground is the remains of a cup and a wooden dish.

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These tablets would have been used for tablet or card weaving. This is a technique for making narrow decorative bands of the sort that would have decorated the hems of Vikings' clothes.

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These two whalebone bats were found in the High Street, Dublin, while the pin was found on Fishamble Street.

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Walrus ivory plaque with beast motif, of Anglo-Saxon origin. Found in Fishamble Street, Dublin. E190: 7211

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The website for the Smithsonian Institute's exhibition about the Vikings in the North Atlantic.

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Viking-age key on display at the Swedish History Museum, Stockholm. Found in grave of "princess of Birka" (ca. 8th-10th century).
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