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NOTES AND COMiVlENTS. 



AN KARI.V SCANDINAVIAN RELIC. 

 In 1836, whilst excHVHliii^ at Roos Cans, near VVithernsea, 

 a model boat and warrior crew, carved in Scotch fir, was unearthed. 

 The warriors were armed with shields and clubs, and had eyes 

 of quartz. Poulson, the Holderness historian, briefly referred 

 to the find in his work and fig-ured the ' boat,' witli one warrior. 

 Since then the objects have been frequently described in anti- 

 quarian journals in Eng-land and abroad. Fortunately they 

 were kept in the Hull Museum, though slii^htly mutilated. The 



accompanying- illustration shows the object in tlie museum, each 

 fig^ure being- about fourteen inches high. It will be noticed 

 that only one shield is shown. They prove to be of early 

 Scandinavian (pre-Viking) age, and examples bearing very great 

 resemblances'"'' have been found in Scandinavia or the adjacent 



* For detailed description and figures see Hull Museum Publications, 



No. 4, 1901. See also ' Reliquary,' .April 1903, and Trans. East Ridinj^ 

 Antiq. Soc. , 1901. 

 r9o3 June i. N 



