Some finds from Viking-era Lincoln: a bone comb (Silver St), carved amulets (Flaxengate), & Baltic amber (Broadgate)pic.twitter.com/bqaM94dlQR
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A Viking-era amber figurine in the shape of a cat, via http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art424738 …pic.twitter.com/U8k5HXDXPD
@caitlinrgreen ahh so sweet looked like a jelly to me until I read the description :)
@Umarkarim89 Hah! Yes, it does rather!
@caitlinrgreen fascinating indeed I have been to very less museums and only in Pakistan and Germany will try to visit more surely
@Umarkarim89 I'm told Germany has some v good ones, though I've only been to Berlin...
@caitlinrgreen and these museums are not proper art or history museums but the tour to Potsdam and sanssouci palaces was fascinating
@Umarkarim89 didn't manage those but perhaps will get a chance one day!
@caitlinrgreen i got 2 chances to visit Berlin last year 1st in January in freezing cold and 2nd in July with beautiful summer so saw more:)
@caitlinrgreen always puzzled by amber finds! Washes up on East Anglian coast annually from baltic, so why think it means trade?
@jh_heather tho some may be local, usually considered via Baltic trade package due to quantities/distribution etc eg https://www.academia.edu/11963554/Viking_Congress_Poster_Presentation_2013_ …
@jh_heather (also size of pieces---larger pieces less likely to be of local origin) :)
@caitlinrgreen Thanks! Needed asking. Never had a reasoned answer before, just statement. :)
@caitlinrgreen So the source of Amber in Old Britain is Baltic sea.
@caitlinrgreen Lovely. That reminds me of carving amber to make a cross and a Thor's hammer for friends. It gives off a wonderful smell.
@caitlinrgreen Viking York; it is indicative expression Caitlin. :)
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