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- Collection: Vikingskipshuset
A pair of tent boards and one of the shields from the Gokstad ship.
A view from the stern of the Gokstad ship, showing the steering oar in place.
These photographs show pieces of rope from the Oseberg ship, some with wooden ties still attached.
These carved pieces are original elements of the stem of the Oseberg ship, showing how highly decorated it was and how well preserved the woodwork…
Sheet block for the sail on the Oseberg ship.
These carved wooden heads were once part of a tent frame.
This handle fits into the slot on the head posts and would have enabled a person to carry it as part of a ceremony.
A decorated sled pole made of beech wood.
Wooden tethering pegs from the Oseberg ship burial
A wooden hoe that was buried with the Oseberg ship burial.
The Oseberg ship burial include four sleds or sleighs, all decorated with wooden carving. When they were found, traces of red, reddish brown, black,…
A simple wooden chest in Vikingskipshuset. This chest would originally have held a sailor's possessions as well as being their seat while rowing. This…
A wooden bucket and a wooden trough from the Oseberg ship burial.
A bucket that contained blueberries, and an oak lid with carving round the edge and a valknut design in the middle.
A wooden ladle and a carved wooden handle from the Oseberg ship burial.
A possible ale bowl made of beech.
An oak barrel with hoops of ash.
A pine bucket with an iron handle. It was originally bound with hoops of beech wood. The bucket has a runic inscription that says 'Sigrid owns'.
Two plain axes for general work.
The sled poles found in the Oseberg ship were not found with the sleds, and thus probably do not belong directly to any of the sleds. They are highly…
