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Stirrup

975–1075
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301
Though the Vikings are best known as seafaring warriors, through contact with Europe they grew even more adept as cavalrymen. This stirrup, decorated with a distinctive technique of iron inlay, is of a type found in England and may have been introduced in the renewed Viking attacks at the end of the tenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Stirrup
  • Date: 975–1075
  • Geography: Made in possibly southern England
  • Culture: Anglo-Scandinavian
  • Medium: Iron with copper alloy inlay
  • Dimensions: Overall: 10 x 5 1/2 in. (25.4 x 14 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Iron
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.100.23
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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