Copy of a reliquary made in Scandinavia at the end of the 10th cent. National Museum of Denmark.

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Copy of a reliquary made in Scandinavia at the end of the 10th cent. The wooden casket was clad with elk horn and gilt-bronze bands. The form imitated a Viking house. The original reliquary was kept in the cathedral in Cammin, Pomerania, but disappeared during World War II. National Museum of Denmark.

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