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View full screenCarnyx head of sheet bronze, from Deskford, Banffshire, 80 - 200 AD
IL.2011.1.1
Late 1st and 3rd century
Sheet bronze
Deskford, Banffshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Celts (10 Mar 2016 - 25 Sep 2016)
National Museum of Scotland
Celts: Art and Identity (24 Sep 2015 - 31 Jan 2016)
British Museum
Calder, Jenni (ed). The Wealth of a Nation. Edinburgh & Glasgow: NMS & Drew, 1989, p 100
Piggott S. The Carnyx in Early Iron Age Europe. Antiquaries Journal 39 (1959), pp 19-32, pl. viii, ix
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