A copper-alloy harness pendant found near Skidbrooke, Lincolnshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 4.0
A copper-alloy harness pendant found near Skidbrooke, Lincolnshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 4.0

Harness Pendant (PUBLIC-1FCD40)

A copper-alloy harness pendant found near Skidbrooke, Lincolnshire

The Ringerike-style openwork decoration on this harness pendant consists of two opposing animals with details made up of relief lines. These pendants were purely decorative elements on the harness and did not have any practical function.

Object Type

Harness pendant

Date

circa 1025 — 1100

Style

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

The Collection, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Keywords

Anglo-Scandinavian, copper_alloy, harness_pendant, Horses, Lincolnshire, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, Ringerike, The_Collection

Further information

You can see the original at The Collection, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

Acknowledgements

(c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 4.0

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme

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