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Possible wooden candlesticks. Their actual function is uncertain but it is thought that they were made to hold candles.

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The finds from this grave were primarily tools, including pliers, a frying pan and a pot handle. The display also includes bronze oval brooches, glass beads and other pieces of jewellery.

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This burial chamber was constructed towards the stern of the Gokstad ship. A tall man in his 40s or 50s was buried in it. The chamber was covered with birch bark, and remnants of silk were found between the logs of the roof. The burial chamber…

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The wooden top and bottom of a hunting knapsack. The fabric body has not survived. The lid has a horse carved into it.

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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.

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Two rowlocks from Gokstad carved with a mask. They date to the ninth century.
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