Inv. 5836
Youth with a hawk on his wrist; fashionable dress.
Bencard 1975 and den Hartog 2012: c. 1250-1350.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: part of the blade; upper part of the figure’s head.
Comments
The metal has traces of engraved foliated motifs which may originally have been enamelled. The eyes are pieced with holes.
Provenance
Found in Ribe in 1915.
Bibliography
M. Bencard, ‘Om et middelalderligt knivskaft fra Ribe’, in Fra Ribe Amt (1975), pp. 36-61, no. 1.
M. Howe, 'A mediaeval knife handle from Crowland, Lincolnshire', in Medieval Archaeology XXVII (1983), pp. 146-150 (p. 148).
E. den Hartog, ‘Savaanstraat & Vrouwebroerstraat: Twee valkeneers’, in Archeologisch onderzoek in Gent 2012. Stadsarcheologie. Bodem en monument in Gent, 2, no. 6 (Ghent, 2012), pp. 127-154.
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