Peacock Feathers from the Gokstad Burial

Title

Peacock Feathers from the Gokstad Burial

Subject

Archaeological artefacts

Description

Although not as showy now, as they would have been in the Viking Age, these peacock feathers are evidence of the wide international network of contacts that the Gokstad man would have had. The burial included two peacocks.

Creator

RDale

Source

Vikingskipshuset

Publisher

RDale

Date

12/09/2016

Contributor

RDale

Rights

RDale, Kulturhistorisk museum

Relation

http://www.khm.uio.no/
http://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/exhibitions/gokstad/

Format

jpg

Language

No linguistic content

Type

StillImage

Identifier

http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2213

Coverage

Viking Age, Vikingtiden, Vikingatida, Norway, Norge, Gokstad, Bygdoy, 9th Century, Sandar, Sandefjord, Vestfold, 890 AD, Bygdøy

Files

DSC04488.jpg

Collection

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Item Relations

This Item dcterms:relation Item: The Viking Ship Museum, Oslo
This Item dcterms:relation Item: The Viking Ship Museum, Oslo
This Item dcterms:relation Item: The Gokstad Ship
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