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FILE: 02_The Academician's Headpost_Osberg Ship Burial.jpg
TITLE: The Academician's Headpost - MIDDLE AGES
DESCRIPTION: Carved wood headpost from Viking burial ship,The Oseberg, OSLO NORWAY - c.825 CE. Example of CELTIC - GERMANIC INTERLACEMENT. Vikings customarily had sea-serpents on prows of their boats so this creature would reflect that. The complicated interlacement of writhing animal beasts carved into the head is called "gripping beasts," a hallmark of Viking ornament.
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