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.

Object Type

Scabbard

Date

circa 850 — 950

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

Anglo-Scandinavian, Birka, copper_alloy, Lincolnshire, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, scabbard_chape, sword, Viking, warfare

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

Acknowledgements

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

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme