Lyre bag
Julie Douglass Artefacts Ltd
Category
Leatherwork
Date
2002
Materials
Leather
Measurements
250 mm (Width); 800 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Gloucestershire
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Sutton Hoo, Suffolk
NT 1433757
Summary
A low-quality reconstruction of an Anglo Saxon lyre bag made of deer hide and leather, with a part section of a lyre showing.
Provenance
Commissioned for the opening of the Exhibition Centre in 2002.
Makers and roles
Julie Douglass Artefacts Ltd , replica maker