Playing piece

Description

Pawn-shaped playing piece of cetacean bone from Sandwick Bay

Museum reference

X.HR 849

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Playing piece

Materials

Whalebone

Physical description

Bone, cetacean

Collection place(s)

Sandwick Bay, Unst, 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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