Find Spot: Kvalsund, Norway

Dating of Item: 500-600 CE (Iron-Age)

Current Location: Historisk Museum, Bergen, No. B 7600/91

Description: Funnel shaped wooden megaphone, narrow opening cut off squarely. Two bands encircle the wide end immediately under

a large opening. Found in a bog among the remains of two boats. Overall length 725mm, thickness of wall 6mm, largest diameter 250mm, smallest diameter 60mm.

Citations: Lund, 1974, 19; Shetelig and Johannessen, 1929, 39, 70, Figure 18, No. 91.