Viking Comb
Title
Viking Comb
Subject
Archaeological artefacts
Description
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 and shaggy-haired, the reality is that Vikings took care of their appearance. Combs are a common find, and, like this one, are often well-decorated suggesting that they were valued. They would usually be made of bone or antler and could even have their own cases.
Although television and film often depict Vikings as muddy, filthy and shaggy-haired, the reality is that Vikings took care of their appearance. Combs are a common find, and, like this one, are often well-decorated suggesting that they were valued. They would usually be made of bone or antler and could even have their own cases.
Creator
Notafly
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Publisher
Wikimedia Commons
Date
04/03/2010
Contributor
Administrator
Rights
(c) Notafly (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Relation
http://nmni.com/
Format
jpg
Type
StillImage
Identifier
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/items/show/120
Coverage
Viking Age, 10th century, Ireland, Larne, County Antrim
Original Format
jpg
Files
Geolocation
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Item Relations
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Viking bone comb in the Hunt Museum |
| Item: Bronze pin and bone or antler comb found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, at the Ulster Museum. | dcterms:relation | This Item |
| Item: Objects found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, at the Ulster Museum. | dcterms:relation | This Item |
| Item: Viking-age brooch, Norway, at the Ulster Museum. | dcterms:relation | This Item |
| Item: Slik fjernet vikingene lus | dcterms:relation | This Item |
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