manuel cohen

Sword hilt, Goteborg Stadsmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden

Handle of a sword hilt or dagger guard, gilded bronze, with decoration of a man's face with drooping moustache and a knot work pattern, from Ranten, Gudhem parish, Sweden, in the Museum of Gothenburg, or Goteborg Stadsmuseum, a history museum founded 1861 and housed in East India House, in Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Handle of a sword hilt or dagger guard, gilded bronze, with decoration of a man's face with drooping moustache and a knot work pattern, from Ranten, Gudhem parish, Sweden, in the Museum of Gothenburg, or Goteborg Stadsmuseum, a history museum founded 1861 and housed in East India House, in Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden. Picture by Manuel Cohen