Terminal in the form of a boar's head
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 2003
- Dimensions
- Length: 4 cm
- Vendor
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The boar is an important icon in Anglo Saxon artwork, symbolising physical power and strength.
This piece might have been used as a decorative terminal on the crest of a helm.
Provenance
Found with a metal detector in May 2002 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire; declared Treasure in 2002.