From Howmae, North Ronaldsay, Orkney
This whalebone seat was found at Howmae on North Ronaldsay in Orkney. It is a rare survival of native furniture from between 100 BC and 400 AD.
Legs for the seat would have been morticed into the four square holes.
In the treeless north and west of Scotland, furniture was made from either driftwood or whatever materials were at hand, including whalebones.
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