Viking Age Bronze Knife Handle

9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

4 in. (59.4 grams, 10 cm).

Composed of a tubular bronze handle with engraved interlaced geometric design. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XII, item 11.

Footnotes

A similar knife can be seen in a female grave from Tuukkala, Mikkeli, Finland, still with its blade and housed in a magnificent bronze openwork scabbard. Knives were used by men and women in many different ways, including for war.

CONDITION

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