Walrus Ivory Carving (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Walrus Ivory Carving

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This is an example of an elaborately-carved ecclesiastical walrus ivory plaque from the beginning of the medieval walrus ivory trade, featuring the figure of Christ, together with St. Mary and St. Peter, and believed to date from the 10th or 11th century.

Found in North Elmham, Norfolk, UK, in the 19th century, and currently exhibited in the University of Cambridge's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

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