Holy buckets! Insular identities in the Viking age

Maldonado, Adrián

Holy buckets! Insular identities in the Viking age

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Journal article

Creator (person)

Maldonado, Adrián

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Abstract

The small jewel case was marked Machrins, the name of a Viking cemetery on Colonsay, so it immediately caught my attention. I unwrapped the tissue paper to reveal a shining fragment of metal with curious markings on it.

Organisational unit

Scottish History and Archaeology (from 2012)

Journal title

National Museums Scotland Blog

Publisher

National Museums Scotland

Official URL

https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2019/08/09/holy-buckets-insular-identities-in-the-viking-age/

https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/?item_id=167147

https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/?item_id=167484

https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections-research/our-research/featured-projects/early-medieval-scotland/

https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/?item_id=167496

https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/?item_id=168573

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