- The
Torslunda plates are four cast
bronze dies
found in the
Torslunda parish on the
Swedish island Öland. They
display figures in relief, representing...
- the
Torslunda plates, were
found by Erik
Gustaf Pettersson and
Anders Petter Nilsson in a
cairn on the
lands of the farm No 5 Björnhovda in
Torslunda parish...
-
dancing men
wearing horned helmets,
similar to a
figure seen on one of the
Torslunda plates from Sweden. Also, a
pendant from
Ekhammar in Uppland, features...
- A
warrior with
shaggy breeches,
killing a beast, on one of the
Torslunda plates. The man has been
identified with
Ragnar Lodbrok in an
early Swedish version...
- One of the
Torslunda plates. The
figure to the left was cast with both eyes, but
afterwards the
right eye was removed....
- object, such as a helmet. Such is the case on one of the
contemporary Torslunda plates found in Sweden,
where boar-crested
helmets are
depicted similarly...
-
Other notable examples of the
motif in
Germanic art
include one of the
Torslunda plates, and
helmets from
Vendel and Valsgärde. In the art of Mesopotamia...
-
manufactured by the
pressblech process.
Preformed dies
similar to the
Torslunda plates were
covered with thin
metal which,
through applied force, took...
- The
Torslunda plates (c. 600). The
plate on the
lower left may
depict a
warrior in a wolf mask
performing a dance,
perhaps a form of
initiation rite....
-
demonstrated through laser scanning that a
dancing warrior on one of the
Torslunda plates, cast
bronze dies used to make
helmet decorations, had had its...
