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Bishops' crosier (staff) of walrus tusk, found with the bones of Bishop Pâli Jónsson of Skâlholt (d. 1211 ad) in his sarcophagus during excavations in 1954. The crosier is in Romanesque style, with zoomorphic ornament, ending with an animal head. of Icelandic origin,
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