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View full screenComposite single-sided comb with a convex top and nine tooth plates, from a Viking grave group from Kneep Head, Valtos, Uig, Isle of Lewis, 900 - 1000
X.IL 845
10th century
Viking
Antler and iron; composite single sided ; with convex top ; nine tooth plates scued in position by five iron rivets
Valtos, Uig, Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Northern Europe
Collector: Mr and Mrs Maclean
Welander, R.D.E., Batey C. and Cowie, T.G. 1987
Maldonado, A. 2021. Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom. Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland.
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