Gothic Ivories Project | Gaming piece; known as the 'Iona Gaming Piece' (Front)

Gaming piece; known as the 'Iona Gaming Piece' (Front)

Gaming piece; known as the 'Iona Gaming Piece' (Front)

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Subject
Secular.

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Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland

Inv. H.NS 99

Whalebone (?)

Height: 38mm (diameter)
Depth: 6mm

Mermaid; crown; fish.

Glenn 2003: Scotland, late 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat. Hole in the back.

Object Condition
Edges chipped. Hole bored into the back.

Provenance
Found when clearing the floor of the room north of the chapter house, Iona Abbey, in 1951; presented by the Iona Trustees in 1952.

Bibliography
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland LXXXVII (1952-1953), p. 203.
V. Glenn, Romanesque and Gothic Decorative Metalwork and Ivory Carvings in the Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh, 2003), p. 184, no. L6.

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