Vikings

Decorated leather fragment, 8 - 9th century

Period:

Early Medieval

Description:

This off cut may have been used as a sketch or trial piece for a design later carved in bone, antler or stone.  A very similar design has beenfound on a pair of bridle mounts from Baladoole, Isle of Man.  This interlaced design is also used on many of the tenth century carved crosses from Whithorn.

 

A leather off-cut, perhaps a waste strip from shoemaking.  An interlace motif has been incised into one side.  There is an unfinished interlace design on the other side.

Place of Production:

Whithorn, Wigtownshire

Materials/Media:

leather

Dimensions:

length 78mm, width 24mm

Source:

The Whithorn Trust

Accession number:

WIWMS Whit LR16.1

Digital Number:

WTAC004n

Copyright:

Dumfries & Galloway Council