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Antler comb and antler comb case on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Antler double-sided comb from High Street (E71:13196) and antler comb case from Christchurch Place (E122:14135).
Notched and perforated antler tine on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Notched and perforated antler tine from Winetavern Street. E81:72a
Unfinished comb plates on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Unfinished comb plates from Fishamble Street, Dublin. E172:11280; E172:9574
Unfinished antler comb plates on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Unfinished antler comb plates from High Street, Dublin.
Human skull with sword or axe cuts on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Skull with injuries from a sword or axe, disvoered in the Fishamble Street excavations in Dublin. Viking Age. E172:7543
Bone or ivory gaming pieces on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Two bone or ivory gaming pieces from Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. Viking Age. Wk. 294. S. 105
Comb fragments at Aros in the Viking Age exhibition on excavation site Århus Denmark
Comb fragments at 'Aros in the Viking Age' exhibition on excavation site underneath Nordea Bank in Århus Denmark. Aros = Århus. Replicas and original artefacts from everyday life in Viking Århus.
Decorated Bone Cylinder in the National Museum of Ireland
A decorated bone cylinder from Christchurch Place in Dublin
Whalebone Bats and Pin in the National Museum of Ireland
These two whalebone bats were found in the High Street, Dublin, while the pin was found on Fishamble Street.
Carved Bone Pieces in the National Museum of Ireland
These carved bone pieces were found in Winetavern Street and Fishamble Street, Dublin.
Wooden and Bone Weaving Tablets in the National Museum of Ireland
These tablets would have been used for tablet or card weaving. This is a technique for making narrow decorative bands of the sort that would have decorated the hems of Vikings' clothes.
Display of artefacts in the temporary Jorvik: Home and Abroad Exhibition in St Mary’s, Coppergate
Assorted Viking-Age artefacts from excavations in York, including bone needles, loom weights and wooden objects on display in the temporary Jorvik: Home and Abroad Exhibition in St Mary’s, Coppergate. Photo taken by Kisha G. Tracy.
An Atlas of Medieval Combs from Northern Europe
This website provides a general synthesis of data about early medieval combs, including Viking and Viking Age combs.
Cite this as: S. Ashby 2011 'An Atlas of Medieval Combs from Northern Europe', Internet Archaeology 30.…
Cite this as: S. Ashby 2011 'An Atlas of Medieval Combs from Northern Europe', Internet Archaeology 30.…
Slik fjernet vikingene lus
Vikings are often portrayed as barbaric, dirty warriors. However, archaeological finds indicate that they were well-coiffured, well-clad, and, not least, well-combed.
Objects found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, at the Ulster Museum.
Objects found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, in County Antrim. The grave dates from the 10th century. On loan from Duke of Northumberland at the Ulster Museum. The objects include an iron sword, an iron spear-head and ferrule, a bronze…
Bronze pin and bone or antler comb found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, at the Ulster Museum.
Bronze pin and bone or antler comb found in a male Viking grave near Larne, County Antrim, in 1840. The grave dates dating from the tenth century. On loan from Duke of Northumberland at the Ulster Museum, Belfast in Northern Ireland.
Anglo-Scandinavian Knife from Yorkshire Museum
Knife blade with bone handle with incised ring and dot ornament and two bands of cross-hatching. More detail can be found at http://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/
The Scar Dragon Plaque in The Orkney Museum
The Scar Dragon Plaque is one of the most impressive of the finds from the Norse Scar Boat Burial, excavated in 1991. The grave contained the remains of an adult man, an elderly woman, and a child along with grave goods. The artefacts date to c. 875…
Whalebone plaque on display in the National Museum of Ireland
A whalebone plaque, possibly for smoothing linen. Discovered in excavations at Cherrywood, Co. Dublin, and dating to the ninth or tenth century. Similar plaques have been discovered elsewhere in the Viking World and are associated with high-status…