Inv. M1AP
Standing lady with a hawk on her wrist; lady feeding a hawk.
Olsen 1972: c. 1300.
Bencard 1975: c. 1250-1350 (date for this type of handles).
Reinhold 2009: c. 1300.
Museum’s opinion 2013: c. 1300.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Very worn. Damage caused by extended burial.
Comments
The pupils might have been coloured or inlaid with another material.
Provenance
Found in 1972 during archaeological excavations led by the Archaeology Department of Aarhus University at the convent of Ring (Ringkloster); the piece was found in sealed layers, beneath a layer formed by a fire in 1430.
Bibliography
R. and O. Olsen, 'Nonneliv, især i Jylland', in Skalk 6 (1972), p. 18, fig. 25.
M. Bencard, Om et middelalderligt knivskaft fra Ribe, in Fra Ribe Amt (1975), pp. 36-61, no. 5.
M. Howe, 'A mediaeval knife handle from Crowland, Lincolnshire', in Medieval Archaeology XXVII (1983), pp. 146-150 (p. 148).
H. Reinholdt, ‘Falkoneren og hans jagtfugl’, in Dengang. Historier fra Skanderborg-området, ed. by H. Reinholdt (Skanderborg, 2009), pp. 14-17.
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