Walrus Upper Jaw Bone, Dated 1200-1400 CE (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Walrus Upper Jaw Bone, Dated 1200-1400 CE

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A walrus rostrum (upper jaw bone) with tusks used in the study. It can be dated to c.1200-1400 CE based on the characteristics of a runic inscription in Old Norse. It is from the collections of Musée Vert, muséum d'histoire naturelle du Mans, and may once have been part of an ecclesiastical treasury in France (catalogue number MHNLM 2004.3.53).

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Photograph courtesy of Musées du Mans.

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