Image: Crozier and ring of a Greenlandic bishopf

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Description: The photograph shows two objects: a) the top part of a crosier (bishop's staff) made out of walrus tooth and b) a golden episcopal ring. Both objects were found in a bishop's grave in Igaliku, Garðar, Greenland; ruin group Ø47 of the Eastern Settlement. The skeleton from the grave is carbon-dated to AD 1223–1290. It is likely that of Bishop Óláfr who held the diocese of Garðar from 1246 to 80. This information all derives from the Danish National Museum as published on https://samlinger.natmus.dk/DMR/asset/167953
Title: Crozier and ring of a Greenlandic bishop
Credit: https://samlinger.natmus.dk/DMR/asset/167953
Author: Lennart Larsen
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Garðar, Greenland

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