Description
This distinctive dragon-head stem post probably came from a ship, and was recovered from the River Scheldt in the Netherlands. It has been carbon-dated to the Migration Period and demonstrates that elaborate carved figure-heads pre-dated the Vikings. It was bought by the British Museum, but was photographed in a temporary exhibition on Dragons at the Limburgs Museum in the Netherlands. Original c. 57 inches. Source, Gwyn Jones, A History of the Vikings, 2nd edn (Oxford, 1984), p. vii.