Brooch

Description

Copper alloy oval brooch, one of matching pair, in two parts and highly decorated with zoomorphic ornamentation, Viking grave find from the Broch of Gurness, Aikerness, Orkney, 800 - 1100 AD

Museum reference

X.GAA 220.2

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Brooch

Date

9th - 11th century

Style / Culture

Viking

Materials

Tortoiseshell

Physical description

Tortoiseshell

Collection place(s)

Broch of Gurness, Aikerness, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

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