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View full screenBorre style cat's head mount from a Scandinavian type penannular brooch, from Birsay, Orkney, 875 - 975 AD
X.HB 434
875 - 975
Bronze; animal mask; rounded ears and large eyes; secondary incisions
Brough of Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe
Maldonado, A. 2021. Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom. Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland.
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