Subject: hersir sea raider
Culture: Scandinavian / Norse
Setting: Viking Age, northern Europe 8th-10thc
Object: hair accessories
National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin *
"Antler comb River Glyde between Annagassan and Castlebellingham, Co. Louth" ...
"Antler comb Ardakillen, Co. Roscommon" ...
"Antler comb Strokestown, Co. Roscommon" ...
"Antler comb Lagore, Co. Meath" ...
"Antler comb no locality" ...
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National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin *
"Two antler combs" ...
* Yorkshire Museum > Medieval York: Capital of the North
"Comb making was big business in Viking York. The city's craftspeople produced a unique style. Decorated combs were highly prized by their owners and were often repaired rather than thrown away. Cases were even made to protect the fragile and finely cut teeth, which were particularly good for delousing and detangling. Antler blanks, roughouts, combs and cases Clifford Street, York AD 866-1066 (Viking)"
National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin *
"Three antler combs Fishamble St." ...
"Antler comb case Wintavern St." ...
* National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin
"Unfinished antler comb plates High St." ... "Unfinished comb plates Fishamble St." ...
"Assembled uncut antler comb High St." ... "Three antler combs Fishamble St., High St." ...
"Antler double-sided comb High St." ... "Antler comb case Christchurch Place" ...
"Antler comb Fishamble St." ... "Two antler comb cases Fishamble St." ...
National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin *
"ANTLER COMBS These fragments of combs from settlement sites are imports from Scandinavia where they are common finds on settlement sites around the Baltic such as Hedeby in northern Germany and Staraja Ladoga in Russia. Similar combs are known from Dublin and from Viking graves in Ireland, northern England and Scotland."
"Antler comb Lagore, Co. Meath" ... "Antler comb plate Carraig Ailie I, Co. Limerick" ...
National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin *
"ANTLER COMB Finglas, Co. Dublin"
