Playing piece

Description

Decorated draughtsman-like piece of cetacean bone from Freswick, 1000 - 1300 AD

Museum reference

X.IL 666

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Playing piece

Date

11th - 13th century

Materials

Whalebone

Physical description

Bone, cetacean

Collection place(s)

Freswick Links, Caithness, 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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