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Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Front)

Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Front)

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Subject
Secular.

Repository Institution
www.historiska.se

To purchase an image
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Stockholm, Historiska museet (The Swedish History Museum)

Inv. 1304:1836:70

Bone

Height: 96 mm

Standing male figure holding a book.

Museum's opinion 2013: 13th or 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Found in the old town of Kalmar; collection of Dr. Otto Christian Ekmans (Kalmar); acquired by the Museum in 1846.

Bibliography
Online Historiska Museet Collections: http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=114589 [accessed 18/02/2014].

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