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Assorted bronze objects on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Bronze objects, including keys, found at Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Assorted glass beads on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Discarded or lost beads found on the site of Ribe's Viking Marketplace. c. 700-850. On display in Museet Ribes Vikinger.
Assorted Horned Helmets for sale in Ribe
Souvenir "Viking" horned helmets, with outlandish designs for sale in a gift shop in Ribe, Denmark.
Axe heads on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Woodworking axes from Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Bead-Making at Ribe VikingCenter
Glass bead-making is one of the traditional Viking-Age crafts carried out at the Viking Marketplace in the Ribe Viking-Center. Colourful beads have been found throughout the Viking World, and were an important luxury item.For more information about…
Beads and gaming pieces of amber on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Beads and gaming pieces of amber, some unfinished. Found in Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Beads from the Marketplace in Ribe on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Beads from the period c.700-850 excavated from Ribe Marketplace, and demonstrating the development in styles. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Blacksmith at Ribe VikingCenter
Blacksmithing was a vital trade in the Viking Age, producing everything from the tools for working the land, to the clinch-nails of Viking ships and expensive swords and mail. The blacksmith may also have been a revered figure, and associated with…
Boat construction at Ribe VikingCenter
Boat-builder using traditional techniques and tools to reconstruct a small clinker-built boat at the wharf area of the Ribe VikingCenter. Ships were vital for local trade and transport as well as for raiding activities and exhibitions further…
Bone combs on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Bone combs and comb parts from Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Bronze Caster and Market Stall at Ribe VikingCenter
Bronze casting is one of several traditional crafts carried out at the Viking Marketplace in Ribe VikingCenter, where visitors can interact with the craftspeople at work. For more information about the Center, see item#1007and the section on Bronze…
Byzantine lead seal on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Lead seal from Byzantine Empire. Refers to Theodosius and dates to c. 840. Found near Ribe Marketplace. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Children's Games at Ribe VikingCenter
Children of volunteer re-enactors at Ribe VikingCenter engaged in traditional games. Many items interpreted as toys and games have been recovered from Viking sites. For more information on some of these reconstructed games, see the Hurstwic webpage…
Clinker nails and axes on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Iron axes, scrapers, and clinker nails associated with ship building or repair in Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Copy of a silver pendant (Odin?) on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
A copy of a Viking-Age silver pendant excavated at Ribe, and interpreted as representing Odin. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Diagram of the Development of Ribe on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
A diagram showing how Ribe developed as a settlement between 705 and 865. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Discarded or lost glass pieces on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Glass from the production of beads and mosaics lost or discarded at Ribe Marketplace. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Do you recognise this object, on sale in Ribe?
This object may be a replica of a Viking Age artefact, but we're not sure what its intended use is. Please get in touch if you know!
Dragon Head Bookends seen in Ribe VikingCenter
Carved wooden bookends, modelled on viking ship prow. Seen in Ribe VikingCenter.
Frankish silver goblet on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
A silver goblet with Christian iconography of Frankish origins. Produced around the year 800, and possibly taken in a Viking raid. Found north of Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/