This carved panel was inspired by the Urnes Stave Church portals. The church is found on Norway's west coast and dates from 800 AD. The significance of the deep relief carved panels remains unknown. Historians suggest they might represent struggles between good and evil or are perhaps an artistic interplay between the abstract dragons. The motif's form is unique to stave church portals and is the origin of the "Urnes" style of Viking art.

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