birka comb bj 581 bone linentunic_sizeguide 8" / 21 mm

8" / 21 mm

2 inches) tall bronze figurine depicts Thor

The design most likely originates from the Island of Gotland in Sweden

Old Age and Death

replacing the wrapped leather with tightly wrapped leather cord

birka comb bj 581 bone linentunic_sizeguide 8" / 21 mmHandmade bone comb that has been carefully reconstructed from the find in grave Bj 581 in Birka. The comb is quite large in comparison with most other Viking Age finds, which requires larger, rarer sheets of bone to craft. The comb was found in grave Bj 581 and belonged to a 10th Century professional warrior who had also been buried with a sword, an axe, a spear, armour piercing arrows, a battle knife, two shields, and two horses, one mare and one