NMS Archaeology Object 167476: X.IL 139 - Brooch


Description

Summary


Brass tortoise brooch with ornamented strands of plaited silver wire, from a Viking burial at Ballinaby, Islay


Accession Number


X.IL 139


Other references

Not recorded1878

Original description

VIKING PERIOD. Tortoise-shaped brooch of brass, ornamented strands of plaited silver wire. No. II, Ballinaby, Islay.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Ballinaby, Islay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1878

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

William Campbell

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

Image of Brass tortoise brooch with ornamented strands of plaited silver wire, from a Viking burial at Ballinaby, Islay © National Museums Scotland
Image of Brass tortoise brooch with ornamented strands of plaited silver wire, from a Viking burial at Ballinaby, Islay © National Museums Scotland

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