Dress pin

Description

Animal-headed dress pin or hairpin of bone, from Jarlshof, Shetland, 850 - 1100 AD

Museum reference

X.HSA 1

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Dress pin, Hairpin

Date

850 - 1100

Materials

Bone

Physical description

Bone; animal head; gaping fanged mouth and flat-ended snout

Collection place(s)

Jarlshof, Sumburgh, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Maldonado, A. 2021. Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom. Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland.

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

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