{{Short description|Danish flint dagger from ~1800 BCE}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox artefact | name = Hindsgavl Dagger | image = Hindsgavldolken.jpg | image_size = | alt = | image_caption = | material = [[Flint]] | weight = | created = {{Circa}} 1900-1800 BC | discovered_place = [[Fænø]] | discovered_coords = | discovered_date = 1867 | discovered_by = | location = [[National Museum of Denmark]] | registration = | map = }} The '''Hindsgavl Dagger''' ({{Langx|da|Hindsgavldolken}}), found in 1886 on the [[Denmark|Danish]] island of [[Fænø]], then owned by [[Hindsgavl|Hindsgavl Manor]] on [[Funen]], hence the name, is one of the finest examples of a so-called fishtail flint dagger from the end of the [[Nordic Stone Age]]. It is now in the collection of the [[National Museum of Denmark]]. It is featured on the current Danish 100-[[Danish krone|krone]] banknote.
==History== The dagger was discovered in 1867 by a little boy in a field on the island of [[Fænø]], then part of the [[Hindsgavl Manor]]. When he saw it, he shouted to his mother, "look, mum, what a beautiful stone!". The estate manager, who was standing nearby, bought the dagger from the boy for a {{Lang|da|daler}} and gifted it to the owner of the estate. In 1889, when Paris was both hosting the ''[[Exposition Universelle (1889)|Exposition Universelle]]'' and an archeological congress, Denmark contributed to an exhibition of archeological artefacts. However, since the National Museum of Denmark under Danish law was not allowed to loan out its objects, Denmark could only send copies and artefacts from private collections. The owner of Hindsgavl Manor, Basse Fønss, agreed to loan out the Hindsgavl Dagger. [[Sophus Müller]], director of the National Museum, was so impressed with it that he convinced Fønss to deposit it in the museum on a permanent basis. After Fønss's death in 1922, the museum purchased it from his heirs.<ref name="Nat-1">{{cite web|url=https://natmus.dk/historisk-viden/temaer/genstande-af-enestaaende-betydning/genstande-fra-danmarks-oldtid/hindsgavl-dolken/|title=Hindsgavl dolken|language=Danish|publisher=National Museum of Denmark|access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref>
==Description== The Hindsgavl Dagger was made of flint in around 1900–1800 BC.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/in-search-of-hindsgavl-experiments-in-the-production-of-neolithic-danish-flint-daggers/2C380DBBB87B88201F7D9C7631B483FE|journal=Antiquity|volume=72|issue=276|date=June 1998|title=In search of Hindsgavl: experiments in the production of Neolithic Danish flint daggers|last=Stafford|first=Michael|doi=10.1017/S0003598X00086610|pages=339|s2cid=163872884 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> It is {{convert|29.5|cm|abbr=on}} long and has a blade thickness of less than {{convert|1|cm|abbr=on}}. It is an example of a so-called fishtail dagger, named for the shape of the handle. The design was inspired by imported bronze daggers, which had already started to appear on the Scandinavian market. Production of flint daggers continued well into the [[Nordic Bronze Age]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://berloga-workshop.com/blog/1161-the-hindsgavl-dagger-faeno.html|title=The Hindsgavl Dagger, Faeno|publisher=berloga-workshop.com|access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref>
==2009 series 100-krone banknote== The Hindsgavl Dagger is featured on the [[Bank of Denmark]] [[Banknotes of Denmark, 2009 series|2009 series]] 100-krone banknote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://saebyavis.dk/2010/04/30/ny-dansk-pengeseddel-pa-gaden-mandag/|title=Ny dansk pengeseddel på gaden mandag|language=Danish|publisher=Sæby Avis|access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed" heights="180px"> Image:Hindsgavl dagger, Funen, Denmark (black backgr).jpg| File:Hindsgavldolken - Do 2010 3259.jpg| Image:Hindsgavldolken - Do 2010 3260.jpg|Side view Image:Hindsgavldolken - Do 2010 3261.jpg| </gallery>
== References == {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * Etting, Vivian: ''The Story of the Drinking Horn – Drinking Culture in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages'', Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2013.
==External links== {{Commons category|Hindsgavldolken}} * [https://berloga-workshop.com/blog/1161-the-hindsgavl-dagger-faeno.html Source] * [https://docplayer.dk/498644-Hindsgavl-slot-udgivet-af-realdania-byg.html Source]
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