Viking skates, Gotland Museum, Visby, Gotland, Sweden
Viking ice skates made from bones, in the Gotland Museum, founded 1875 by the Friends of Gotland's Antiquity Society, in Visby, on the island of Gotland, Sweden. Skates were made from split bones of horses or cattle and tied to shoes using a leather thong. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14074216
Media ID
45747038
Size
8045px x 5781px
(7.9MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
