Birka Comb, BJ 581, Bone Sheep RIB 1x1 180

RIB 1x1 180

5" (29 cm) wide at the top

is beautifully painted by hand onto the drumskin with different entities of the world surrounding it

Size: 40 x 40 mm

Birka Comb, BJ 581, Bone Sheep RIB 1x1 180Handmade 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