Hunterian Museum Object 104405: GLAHM:B.1914.700 - PIN; REPLICA, Quoybanks, St Ola, Orkney


Description

Description
pin, ring-headed (replica?); Norse type. May be a replica -- needs to have metal analysed. Bronze Viking ring-headed pin, the plain shaft is circular in section, the upper part of the shaft and the spirally bent ring have a square cross-section and are ornamented with pits (dots)(on the rings) and X's in incised lines on the shaft.
Object Number
GLAHM:B.1914.700
Object Name/Type(s)
pin; replica
Material
copper alloy

Dimensions

Height
12.2 cm
Width
None recorded.

Provenance & Acquisition

Collection / Collected By
None recorded.
Collection Method
None recorded.
Locality
Quoybanks, St Ola, Orkney, Scotland
Acquisition
Mr Andrew Henderson Bishop (Donor) 1914

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