Artefacts from the Viking Age and Norman period

See for my blog here and the artefacts under the image.

‘…hold the roots…’


‘It is people like you who hold the roots and give back to many who thought they were lost.’ Rhiannon Scharfetter – Vienna, Austria https://myskaldkonur.com

I have been suggested to contact you, a Viking specialist, for your competence and sensibility to the problems of those interested in ancient objects.’ Antonio Barsotti – Pisa, Italy. 

Book Vikings and the artefacts from the Viking Age (published October 2025) image on front: Luit van der Tuuk.

Rus viking decoration from belt or harness.

Small decoration probably from a belt or harness – considering the remaining leather part on the back at the suspension. It was found in far northern Russia in an area near many burial grounds.

The item measures about 1/2 inch by 3/4 inch and weighs 1.60 gram.