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The Franks Casket (m36732)
Keywords: anglo, anglo-saxon, artefact, artifact, casket, england, franks, mediaeval, medieval, saxon
Summary: The Franks Casket is a medieval whalebone artifact likely dating from late 7th or early 8th century Anglo-Saxon England. Its namesake comes from Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, who recovered it in France in the mid-19th c. and eventually donated it to the British Museum, where it's been ... needed saying.
Subject: Arts
Language: English
Popularity: 19.72%
Revised: 2011-01-29
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