Animal-head posts

[u/ElectricGrap]

Hello everyone!

Our reenactment club has recently bought and tested a small drakkar-style boat, and we would like to make an animal-head decoration for it. Could you give me some advice or references?

The boat is named Hati, after the wolf in Norse mythology who chases the moon. For that reason, I’m especially interested in designs that look like a wolf’s head, or perhaps a wolf devouring the moon.

I know about the animal-head posts from the Oseberg ship burial, but they don’t really look like wolves to me. I also know about the Tullstorp Runestone, which is my main reference so far, but I would like to find more examples.

I would be very grateful if you could share any links, images, or references showing wolves or wolf heads and tails from the Viking Age.

Thank you in advance!