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Guldgubber depicting a staff bearer with a beard.
Vendel period. Sorte Muld, Bornholm, Denmark.



Guldgubber (Gullgubber) [little old man of gold] depicting a staff bearer with a beard

Nummerierung: [A-II-6] Kategorie: Männer Unterkategorie: Stabträger Machart: geprägt, kein Rahmen Attribute: Stab Anzahl der Exemplare: 31 Fundort: Sorte Muld - Bornholm Fundumstand: in einem vorzeitlichen Abfallhaufen Museum: derzeit im Bornholms Museum in Rønne

Numbering: [A-II-6] Category: Men Subcategory: Staff carrier Style: embossed, no frame Attributes: Staff Number of copies: 31 Location: Sorte Muld - Bornholm, Denmark Find circumstance: in an earlier garbage heap Museum: currently in the Bornholm Museum in Rønne

Subcategory [A-II] consists of men with a staff. The staff-bearer wears a kaftan – „Klappenrock“ in German – with rich embroidery or tablet woven edge. The kaftan was worn until the Viking Age and remains of such a clothing have been found at the harbour in Haithabu (Northern Germany). But there are staff-bearers with no or sparse clothing as well, though they are rarer. The staff is either long – man size – or short – arms length.
Source: Guldgubber.