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Brooch Brooch

Brooch-pin of silver, with amber, red glass and gold inlay, 8th century, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Rousay, Orkney

Brooch Brooch

Pair of bronze tortoise brooches, one with iron pin inside, the other lacking pin, with pin fragment with remains of two cloth loops, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney

Mount Mount

Rectangular bronze mount with cast decoration within a raised border of a wolf in high relief, with background of scrolls in low relief, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney, 850 - 900 AD

Bowl Bowl

Bronze bowl, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Rousay, Orkney

Strap end Strap end

Bronze strap end, one of two made from flat strips, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Rousay, Orkney

Weaving sword / portion Weaving sword / portion

Iron weaving sword in several pieces, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney

Weaving sword / socket Weaving sword / socket

Socket, probably broken from weaving sword X.IL 732 A, showing remains of wood, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney

Knife / portion Knife / portion

Part of an iron knife retaining part of wooden handle, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney

Shears Shears

Incomplete pair of iron shears with slightly expanded end to handle, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney

Heckle Heckle

Two iron heckles rusted together, with corroded textile remains, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney

Sickle Sickle

Iron sickle with missing tip, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney

Plaque Plaque

Whalebone plaque broken at both ends, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney

Implement / bone Implement / bone

Bone implement in the form of a straight narrow bar, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney

Comb Comb

Composite bone comb with iron rivets, one end missing, the back plates outlined by two incised lines, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney

String of beads String of beads

String of thirty nine glass and paste beads of various colours and patterns, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney, 850 - 900 AD

Bead Bead

White disc bead, probably of bone, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney

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