A copper-alloy scabbard chape found in Willoughby with Sloothby, Lincolnshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 4.0
Description
Scabbard Chape (NLM-5BD697)
A copper-alloy scabbard chape found in Willoughby with Sloothby, Lincolnshire
The incomplete openwork tongue-shaped front plate of this chape is decorated with at least six asymmetrical apertures and resembles similar chapes with ‘Birka Falcon’ decoration.