Rare Viking toy found

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.foxnews.com/world/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-toy-iceland-disagree-animal-figurines-classification

Peter Pig...!

[Jim Webster]

https://www.foxnews.com/world/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-toy-iceland-disagree-animal-figurines-classification

Peter Pig...!

My first thought when scrolling down was that it was a pig

[Imperial Dave]

 

[Ian61]

Looks like a pig to me.
Of course it could be almost any quadruped if you squint.

[Imperial Dave]

Pour pitch on it!

[Erpingham]

I have been caught out by medieval depictions of boars and bears before - they can look surprisingly similar.  However, the way this one is holding its tail over its back says pig to me.

[Imperial Dave]

Oink think you're right...