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Horn spoon on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Horn spoon from Fishamble Street. Viking Age. E172:7914
Human skull with sword or axe cuts on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Skull with injuries from a sword or axe, disvoered in the Fishamble Street excavations in Dublin. Viking Age. E172:7543
Illustration of detail from bone trial piece, Waterford
This intricately decorated item, discovered in an excavation in Waterford City, was a trial piece, perhaps intended to be made into a comb. It is currently on display in Reginald's Tower Museum, Waterford.
Notched and perforated antler tine on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Notched and perforated antler tine from Winetavern Street. E81:72a
Objects found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, at the Ulster Museum.
Objects found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, in County Antrim. The grave dates from the 10th century. On loan from Duke of Northumberland at the Ulster Museum. The objects include an iron sword, an iron spear-head and ferrule, a bronze…
Polished bone cylinders on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Polished bone cylinders from Fishamble Street excavations, Dublin. Viking Age. E190:4507
Skates made of horse bone and leather shoes on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Horsebone skates and leather shoes from Ribe excavations. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Slik fjernet vikingene lus
Vikings are often portrayed as barbaric, dirty warriors. However, archaeological finds indicate that they were well-coiffured, well-clad, and, not least, well-combed.
The Scar Dragon Plaque in The Orkney Museum
The Scar Dragon Plaque is one of the most impressive of the finds from the Norse Scar Boat Burial, excavated in 1991. The grave contained the remains of an adult man, an elderly woman, and a child along with grave goods. The artefacts date to c. 875…
Three bone pins from Fishamble Street on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Three bone pins from Fishamble Street. Viking Age.
Two antler comb cases on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Two antler comb cases from Fishamble Street. E190:3141 and E190:1199
Unfinished antler comb plates on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Unfinished antler comb plates from High Street, Dublin.
Unfinished comb plates on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Unfinished comb plates from Fishamble Street, Dublin. E172:11280; E172:9574
Viking Comb
A Viking comb and a bronze pin found at Larne, County Antrim, and are on display in Ulster museum, Both items were found in 1840 in a male Viking grave dating to the tenth century.
Although television and film often depict Vikings as muddy, filthy…
Although television and film often depict Vikings as muddy, filthy…
Walrus ivory plaque and pendant on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Warlrus ivory plaque and pendant from Christchurch Place and Winetavern Street, Dublin. Viking Age.
Warlrus ivory roughout and gaming piece on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Roughout and finished gaming piece from High Street, Dublin. E71:9381-2
Whalebone Bats and Pin in the National Museum of Ireland
These two whalebone bats were found in the High Street, Dublin, while the pin was found on Fishamble Street.
Whalebone figurine on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Whalebone figurine from Fishamble Street. Viking Age. E172:4078
Whalebone plaque on display in the National Museum of Ireland
A whalebone plaque, possibly for smoothing linen. Discovered in excavations at Cherrywood, Co. Dublin, and dating to the ninth or tenth century. Similar plaques have been discovered elsewhere in the Viking World and are associated with high-status…